Beyond Sight

Engaging the Senses in Iberian Literatures and Cultures, 1200–1750

AvRyan D. Giles,Steven Wagschal

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Engelska, 2018

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Beyond Sight, edited by Ryan D. Giles and Steven Wagschal, explores the ways in which Iberian writers crafted images of both Old and New Worlds using the non-visual senses (hearing, smell, taste, and touch).

The contributors argue that the uses of these senses are central to understanding Iberian authors and thinkers from the pre- and early modern periods. Medievalists delve into the poetic interiorizations of the sensorial plane to show how sacramental and purportedly miraculous sensory experiences were central to the effort of affirming faith and understanding indigenous peoples in the Americas. Renaissance and early modernist essays shed new light on experiences of pungent, bustling ports and city centres, and the exotic musical performances of empire. This insightful collection covers a wide array of approaches including literary and cultural history, philosophical aesthetics, affective and cognitive studies, and theories of embodiment. Beyond Sight expands the field of sensory studies to focus on the Iberian Peninsula and its colonies from historical, literary, and cultural perspectives.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-01-18
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:360
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781487510046
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
Serie:Toronto Iberic

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Ryan D. Giles is an associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University, Bloomington.Steven Wagschal is a professor and chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University, Bloomington.

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"Beyond Sight is a highly readable book that appeals, quite literally, to all the senses, and which significantly expands our understanding of medieval and early modern culture." - Cory A. Reed, University of Texas at Austin (Bulletin of Spanish Studies)

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionRyan D. Giles and Steven Wagschal Part I. Sensing ReligionChapter 1. The Breath of Lazarus in the Mocedades de RodrigoRyan D. Giles Chapter 2. Olfaction, Sin, and Grace in Berceo's MilagrosVíctor Rodríguez-PereiraPart II. Cognition and the SensesChapter 3. Perception, Memory and Imagination in Don QujxoteJulia DomínguezChapter 4. Taste, Cognition, and Redemption in Guzmán de AlfaracheRobert K. FritzChapter 5. The Aesthetics of Disgust in Cervantes and ZayasSteven WagschalPart III. PerceptionChapter 6. Sight, Sense, and Scents in the Cancionero de PalacioE. Michael GerliChapter 7. The Physical Senses in Early Modern Galenism Debates and Prescriptive Domestic LiteratureCarolyn A. Nadeau Chapter 8. Cervantes's Exemplary SensoriumCharles Victor GanelinPart IV. Sensing EmpireChapter 9. The Senses of Empire and the Scents of Babylon in the Libro de AlexandreEmily FrancomanoChapter 10. Portuguese Coastal Realms and the Delight of the SensesJosiah BlackmoreChapter 11. Eucharistic Thought and Imperial Longing in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century PortugalHenry BerlinChapter 12. Festive Soundscapes in Potosí and Minas GeraisLisa Voigt Part V. Sensing the UrbanChapter 13. Celestial Visions and Demonic Touch: García's Inventions in La verdad sospechosaFrederick A. de ArmasChapter 14. Motherhood, Interrupted: Sensing Birth in Early Modern Spanish FictionEnrique García Santo-Tomás