Sense and Spectacle in the Age of Philip IV

Mary B. Quinn (University of New Mexico) is the author of The Moor and the Novel: Narrating Absence in Early Modern Spain and co-editor of Aural Culture and Poetics in the Early Modern Hispanic World: Sound, Rhythm, and Music.

"By dissecting cultural artefacts into layers of meaning, Mary B. Quinn’s book convincingly shows how writers and artists used the performative sense to obtain new forms of communication."Ascension Mazuela-Anguita, Universidad de Granada, in Music and Letters, gcaf145

• Dedication and Acknowledgements, List of Figures, Introduction Prince Felipe Próspero, Festival Culture, and the Performative Sense, Chapter 1: Calderón de la Barca, Rubens, and Apollo's Desire, Chapter 2: Antonio de Solís, Velázquez, and Minerva's Competition, Chapter 3: Naples, Opera, and Parthenope's Song, Chapter 4: Florence, Cavalli, and Ipermestra's Choice, Chapter 5: Parades, Poetry, and Plus Ultra in Lima and Manila, Epilogue Making Sense of Spectacle, Index, Works Cited.