{"product_id":"a-poetry-of-things-the-material-lyric-in-habsburg-spain-hardback-9781487509187","title":"A Poetry of Things; The Material Lyric in Habsburg Spain (Hardback) 9781487509187","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Poetry of Things\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Material Lyric in Habsburg Spain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMary E. Barnard (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487509187\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 January 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages, 22 halftones\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.7 x 2 cm, 0.42 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Poetry of Things\u003c\/em\u003e examines the works of four poets whose use of visual and material culture contributed to the remarkable artistic and literary production during the reign of Philip III (1598–1621). Francisco de Quevedo, Luis de Góngora, Juan de Arguijo, and Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza cast cultural objects – ranging from books and tombstones to urban ruins, sculptures, and portraits – as participants in lively interactions with their readers and viewers across time and space.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMary E. Barnard\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eargues that in their dialogic performance, these objects serve as sites of inquiry for exploring contemporary political, social, and religious issues, such as the preservation of humanist learning in an age of print, the collapse of empires and the rebirth of the city, and the visual culture of the Counter-Reformation. Her inspired readings explain how the performance of cultural objects, whether they remain in situ or are displayed in a library, museum, or convent, is the most compelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Objects as Mediators\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Material Rome  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Producing Pastoral Spaces\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Staging Myth  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. A Mystic and Her Objects                      \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595491897624,"sku":"9781487509187","price":27.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-poetry-of-things-the-material-lyric-in-habsburg-spain-hardback-9781487509187","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}