Objects of Culture in the Literature of Imperial Spain

These essays examine a variety of cultural objects described or alluded to in books from the Golden Age of Spanish literature, including clothing, paintings, tapestries, playing cards, monuments, materials of war, and even enchanted bronze heads.

Mary E. Barnard is an associate professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Pennsylvania State University.
de Armas Frederick A. :

Frederick A. de Armas is Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago..

‘A number of essays are eminently legible, providing for exemplary and informative readings for advanced undergraduate students; other essays will appeal to graduate students and specialists alike.’

Juan Pablo Gil-Osle:
‘There are other books on the topic of material culture in the Spanish Golden Age, but this one adds to them the triptych representation of luxury, signified and disrupting objects…The essays are based on deep knowledge of previous criticism and provide an insightful perspective on the connections between the use of objects and the category of genre.’