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The theater of truth : the ideology of (neo)baroque aesthetics / William Egginton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Egginton, William, 1969-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spanish literature--Classical period, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- Spanish literature.
- Baroque literature--History and criticism.
- Baroque literature.
- Spanish American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- Spanish American literature.
- Truth (Aesthetics).
- Aesthetics, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (184 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Theater of Truth is a book for those interested and engaged in the debates around baroque and neobaroque aesthetics, and offers a unified theory for the relation between these terms and a new vocabulary for distinguishing between their ideological values.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction: The Baroque as a Problem of Thought; 1. Of Baroque Holes and Baroque Folds; 2. How to Build a Baroque House (Cervantes, Master Architect); 3. The Theater of Truth; 4. The Opacity of Language and the Transparency of Being: On Góngora's Poetics; 5. The Corporeal Image and the New World Baroque; 6. The Dream Life of Calderón and Borges; 7. The World Well Dressed: The Later Cinema of Pedro Almodóvar; Epilogue: A New Distinction; Notes; Works Cited; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804773492
- 0804773491
- OCLC:
- 609863127
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