Severo Sarduy and the Neo-Baroque Image of Thought in the Visual Arts

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SEVERO SARDUY AND THE NEO-BAROQUE IMAGE OF THOUGHT IN THE VISUAL ARTS Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures Patricia Hart, Series Editor Thomas Broden Elena Coda Paul B. Dixon Íñigo Sánchez-Llama Marcia Stephenson Allen G. Wood French Jeanette Beer Paul Benhamou Willard Bohn Gerard J. Brault Mary Ann Caws Glyn P. Norton Allan H. Pasco Gerald Prince Roseann Runte Ursula Tidd Italian Fiora A. Bassanese Peter Carravetta Benjamin Lawton Franco Masciandaro Anthony Julian Tamburri Luso-Brazilian Fred M. Clark Marta Peixoto Ricardo da Silveira Lobo Sternberg Spanish and Spanish American Maryellen Bieder Catherine Connor Ivy A. Corfis Frederick A. de Armas Edward Friedman Charles Ganelin David T. Gies Roberto González Echevarría David K. Herzberger Emily Hicks Djelal Kadir Amy Kaminsky Lucille Kerr Howard Mancing Floyd Merrell Alberto Moreiras Randolph D. Pope Francisco Ruiz Ramón Elz . bieta Skl -odowska Mario Valdés Howard Young Associate Editors Editorial Board volume 53 Howard Mancing, Consulting Editor Floyd Merrell, Consulting Editor Susan Y. Clawson, Production Editor SEVERO SARDUY AND THE NEO-BAROQUE IMAGE OF THOUGHT IN THE VISUAL ARTS Purdue University Press West Lafayette, Indiana Rolando Pérez Copyright ©2012 by Purdue University. All rights reserved. The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. Printed in the United States of America Design by Anita Noble Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pérez, Rolando. Severo Sarduy and the neo-baroque image of thought in the visual arts / Rolando Pérez. p. cm. — (Purdue studies in Romance literatures ; v. 53) Summary: “Severo Sarduy never enjoyed the same level of notoriety Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-55753-604-4 (pbk.)—ISBN 978-1-61249-149-3 (epdf)— ISBN 978-1-61249-148-6 (epub) 1. Sarduy, Severo—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Sarduy, Severo—Knowledge—Art. 3. Sarduy, Severo— Aesthetics. 4. Art and literature. I. Title. PQ7390.S28Z845 2011 864'.64—dc23 2011027697 In memory of my father ...