Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Preface ix
5. 1 Breaking Eurithmia 1
6. 2 Temples and Tombs: La Galatea
7. Introduction 21
8. Virgil and Vitruvius 22
9. Primavera’s Dissonance 27
10. Theatre 31
11. Hermitage 34
12. Temple 38
13. Tombs 41
14. 3 Unstable Architectures: Don Quixote, Part 1
15. Introduction 47
16. A Mutable Structure 48
17. A Study in Melancholy 58
18. The Imperilled Home 63
19. Windmills 68
20. Occupancy at the Inn 77
21. Lucretia’s Castle 82
22. Prison/Castle 88
23. 4 Windows: Don Quixote, Part 1
24. Introduction 93
25. Rear Window 95
26. The Ghosts of Place 101
27. Of Windows and Fortresses 110
28. Facing Windows 113
29. Window as Teichoskopia 116
30. 5 Grotesque: Vying with Vitruvius; Don Quixote, Part 2
31. Introduction 121
32. On the Way to Dulcinea’s Palace 122
33. The Pantheon 125
34. Tower 130
35. Hell-Mouth 141
36. Grotesque Anatomy 144
37. Structures of Silence 148
38. 6 Treacherous Architectures: Don Quixote, Part 2
39. Introduction 161
40. Crystal 162
41. Gold and Alabaster 166
42. Torture Chamber 174
43. Barcelona 178
44. 7 A Windowless North: Persiles y Sigismunda, Books 1 and 2
45. Introduction 189
46. The Prison 192
47. A Moment’s Place 196
48. Inns and Ships 200
49. A Spectral Palace 202
50. A Witching Space 206
51. 8 Structures of Flight: Persiles y Sigismunda, Book 3
52. Introduction 215
53. Cityscape as Ellipse and Ellipsis 216
54. Lienzos 222
55. Sacred Architectures 226
56. The Veranzio Woman 231
57. Hercules’/Domitian’s Tower 235
58. 9 Roman Architectures: Persiles y Sigismunda, Book 4
59. Introduction 239
60. A City of Relics 242
61. An Invisible Villa 246
62. A Home in Jewish Rome 248
63. The Threatening Tower 252
64. Hipólita’s Enclosed Loggia 256
65. The Church Outside 261
66. Epilogue 267
67. Notes 277
68. Works Cited 323
69. Index 353
70. Toronto Iberic 365