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Essays focus on Baroque as a concept and category of analysis which has been central to an understanding of Hispanic cultures during the last several hundred years

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H I S PA N I C ฀ S T U D I E S ฀ / ฀ L AT I N ฀ A M E R I C A N ฀ S T U D I E S

HISPANIC฀ISSUES฀•฀VOLUME฀31฀IN฀THE฀SERIES Nicholas฀Spadaccini,฀ine฀฀CihorfitEd

Contributors

David฀R.฀Castillo William฀Egginton Fernando฀R.฀de฀la฀Flor Edward฀H.฀Friedman Leonardo฀García-Pabón Carlos฀M.฀Gutiérrez Paola฀Marín Luis฀Martín-Estudillo

Mabel฀Moraña Bradley฀J.฀Nelson Fernando฀Ordóñez Nieves฀Romero-Díaz Nicholas฀Spadaccini Silvia฀B.฀Suárez Hernán฀Vidal

Essays฀ focus฀ on฀ Baroque฀ as฀ a฀ concept฀ and฀ category฀ of฀ analysis฀ which฀ has฀ been฀central฀to฀an฀understanding฀of฀Hispanic฀cultures฀during฀the฀last฀several฀ hundred฀years.฀

Nicholas฀ Spadaccini฀ is฀ Professor฀ of฀ Spanish฀ and฀ Comparative฀ Literature฀ at฀ the฀ University฀ of฀ Minnesota.฀ He฀ has฀ published฀ numerous฀ books,฀ edi-tions,฀and฀collective฀volumes,฀with฀an฀emphasis฀on฀early฀modern฀Spain฀and฀ Latin฀America.฀His฀most฀recent฀study฀(co-authored)฀is฀Libertad฀y฀límites:฀El฀ Barroco฀hispánico,฀yocneltitgnpmelook฀฀a฀bervaon฀Cdna฀setn฀an฀hed฀s฀฀irrcu the฀culture฀of฀crisis฀of฀Baroque฀Spain.฀He฀is฀editor฀in฀chief฀of฀the฀Hispanic฀ Issues฀series. ฀

Luis฀Martín-EstudilloA฀si฀฀hilnasi฀fpSroo฀fess฀Protantssis-areterutdna฀luc฀ tural฀studies฀at฀the฀University฀of฀Iowa.฀He฀has฀published฀essays฀on฀Hispanic฀ literature฀ and฀ cultural฀ history฀ in฀ American฀ and฀ European฀ journals฀ and฀ is฀ co-author฀of฀the฀book฀icáno.biLlímites:ertad฀y฀co฀oihpsE฀฀laBrr฀riseaes฀hcr฀H interests฀include฀the฀relationships฀between฀early฀modern฀and฀contemporary฀ aesthetics฀ and฀ epistemologies.฀ He฀ is฀ co-director฀ of฀ Ex฀ Libris,฀ Revista฀ de฀ Poesía฀and฀associate฀editor฀of฀the฀Hispanic฀Issues฀series.

Vanderbilt฀University฀Press Nashville,฀Tennessee฀37235 VanderbiltUniversityPress.com

Cover฀illustration:฀El฀Greco,฀Laocoön,฀oil฀on canvas,฀Samuel฀H.฀Kress฀Collection.฀Image฀©฀ 2005฀Board฀of฀Trustees,฀National฀Gallery฀of฀ Art,฀Washington.

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Edited฀by฀Nicholas฀Spadaccini฀ and฀Luis฀Martín-Estudillo

Hispanic Baroques: Reading Cultures in Context

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Hispanic Baroques: Reading Cultures in Context

Nicholas Spadaccini ĀLuis Martín-Estudillo ÈîÔŝ

Vanderbilt University Press ĀŝîÈ, ÈÈŝŝÈÈ 

This book is printed on acid-free paper. Manufactured in the United States of America

The editors gratefully acknowledge assistance from the College of Liberal Arts and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at the University of Minnesota.

The complete list of volumes in the Hispanic Issues series begins on page 323.

Hispanic Baroques : reading cultures in context / [compiled by] Nicholas Spadaccini, Luis Martín-Estudillo. p. cm. (Hispanic issues) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8265-1498-7 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 0-8265-1499-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Spanish literature—Classical period, 1500–1700— History and criticism. 2. Baroque literature—History and criticism. I. Spadaccini, Nicholas. II. Martín-Estudillo, Luis. III. Hispanic issues (Vanderbilt University) PQ6064.H57 2005 860.9’11--dc22 2005004455

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Nicholas Spadaccini Editor-in-Chief

Antonio Ramos-Gascón and Jenaro Talens General Editors

Nelsy Echávez-Solano Luis Martín-Estudillo Associate Editors

Fernando Ordóñez Assistant Editor

*Advisory Board/Editorial Board Rolena Adorno (Yale University) David Castillo (University at Buffalo) Jaime Concha (University of California, San Diego) Tom Conley (Harvard University) Patrick H. Dust (Carleton College) Eduardo Forastieri-Braschi (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras) David W. Foster (Arizona State University) Edward Friedman (Vanderbilt University) Wlad Godzich (University of California, Santa Cruz) *Carol A. Klee (University of Minnesota) Antonio Gómez-Moriana (Université de Montréal) Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht (Stanford University) Javier Herrero (University of Virginia) *René Jara (University of Minnesota) Susan Kirkpatrick (University of California, San Diego) Eukene Lacarra Lanz (Universidad del País Vasco) Tom Lewis (University of Iowa) Jorge Lozano (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) Walter D. Mignolo (Duke University) *Louise Mirrer (The New-York Historical Society) Alberto Moreiras (Duke University) Michael Nerlich (Université Blaise Pascal) Luis A. Ramos-García (University of Minnesota) Iris M. Zavala (UNESCO, Barcelona) Santos Zunzunegui (Universidad del País Vasco)

Contents

Introduction: The Baroque and the Cultures of Crises Nicholas Spadaccini and Luis Martín-Estudillo

à î The Baroque and Its Dark Sides

On the Notion of a Melancholic Baroque Fernando R. de la Flor

Aesthetic Categories as Empire Administration Imperatives: The Case of the Baroque Hernán Vidal

à îî Baroque Anxieties and Strategies of Survival

Of Baroque Holes and Baroque Folds William Egginton

Models of Subjectivity in the Spanish Baroque: Quevedo and Gracián Fernando Ordóñez

Horror (Vacui): The Baroque Condition David R. Castillo

à îîî Institutions and Subjectivities in Baroque Spain

From Hieroglyphic Presence to Representational Sign: An Other Point of View in theAuto Sacramental Bradley J. Nelson

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The Challenges of Freedom: Social Reflexivity in the Seventeenth-Century Spanish Literary Field Carlos M. Gutiérrez

Revisiting the Culture of the Baroque: Nobility, City, and Post-Cervantine Novella Nieves Romero-Díaz

à î Strategies of Identity in the Colonial Context

Perspectives onMestizaje in the Early Baroque: Inca Garcilaso and Cervantes Silvia B. Suárez

Freedom and Containment in Colonial Theology: Sor Juana’sCarta atenagórica Paola Marín

Sleeping with Corpses, Eating Hearts, and Walking Skulls:Criollo’s Subjectivity in Antonio de la Calancha and Bartolomé Arzans de Orsúa y Vela Leonardo García-Pabón

à  The Baroque and Its Transgressive Recyclings

Baroque/Neobaroque/Ultrabaroque: Disruptive Readings of Modernity Mabel Moraña

Afterword: Redressing the Baroque Edward H. Friedman

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Introduction: The Baroque and the Cultures of Crises

Nicholas Spadaccini and Luis Martín-Estudillo

The present volume deals with various formulations and uses of a concept—the Baroque—which in recent times has undergone a series of recyclings and per-mutations at the hands of literary/cultural critics and artists from various ﬁelds and academic disciplines. Baroque, Neobaroque, and Ultrabaroque are related concepts which have also been used to deﬁne certain social and cultural mani-festations from the early modern period to late and post-modern times. Current interpreters of the Baroque in its latest reincarnations have pointed to some striking parallelisms between these disparate periods by invoking the notion ofhorror vacuiand alternative ways of understanding complex realities. Thus, whether one emphasizes the “containment” side of the Baroque (José Antonio Maravall being its major exponent in connection with the dominant culture of seventeenth-century Spain) or its “transgressive” or liberating aspects (as has been the case with most Latin American voices on this question), what they seem to have in common is an awareness that these phenomena must be under-stood within the larger frame of epistemic and/or social crises. Interestingly, in recent years there has been substantial emphasis on the notion of a “baroque reason” and the rejection of traditional dichotomies and established norms, even in reference to the context of the earliest Baroque. Mabel Moraña (in this

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