Transcending Textuality: Quevedo and Political Authority in the Age of Print

by Ariadna Garcia-Bryce

In Transcending Textuality, Ariadna Garc a-Bryce provides a fresh look at post-Trent political culture and Francisco de Quevedo's place within it by examining his works in relation to two potentially rival means of transmitting authority: spectacle and print. Quevedo's highly theatrical conceptions of power are identified with court ceremony, devotional ritual, monarchical and spiritual imagery, and religious and classical oratory. At the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271037768
• ISBN13: 9780271037769
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"