Garcilaso de la Vega and the Material Culture of Renaissance Europe

by Mary E. Barnard

Garcilaso de la Vega and the Material Culture of Renaissance Europe examines the role of cultural objects in the lyric poetry of Garcilaso de la Vega, the premier poet of sixteenth-century Spain. As a pioneer of the "new poetry" of Renaissance Europe, aligned with the court, empire, and modernity, Garcilaso was fully attuned to the collection and circulation of luxury artefacts and other worldly goods. In his poems, a variety of objects, including...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442647558
• ISBN13: 9781442647558
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher