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The theater of truth : the ideology of (neo)baroque aesthetics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Egginton, William, 1969-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Spanish literature > Classical period, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Baroque literature > History and criticism.
Spanish American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Truth (Aesthetics)
Aesthetics, Modern.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the baroque as a problem of thought
  • Of baroque holes and baroque folds
  • How to build a baroque house (Cervantes, master architect)
  • The theater of truth
  • The opacity of language and the transparency of being : on Góngora's poetics
  • The corporeal image and the new world baroque
  • The dream life of Calderón and Borges
  • The world well dressed : the later cinema of Pedro Almodóvar.