Brave New Words: Studies in Spanish Golden Age Literature (Iberian Studies)

by Catherine Larson (Editor)

The essays of Brave New Words look at a number of texts that begin at the threshold of the Renaissance and extend through the late Baroque. The studies offer solid analyses based on an impressive range of approaches. History, philosophy, mythology, the plastic arts, gender issues, religious conflicts, theory (old and new), and semantics figure among the agents of mediation. If there is an ethos--a common rhetorical thrust--of the Spanish Golden Age, it is arguably a faith in the ability of the writer to utilize and to transcend the past, to construct metaphorical bridges while accentuating the connecting elements. This collection is a testament to the diverse modes employed by writers and by critics to juxtapose ideas with aesthetics, in essence, to illuminate without erasing the processing mechanisms. E.M. Anderson, M.E. Barnard, E.L. Bergmann, B. Brancaforte, A.J. Burch, F.A. de Armas, P.N. Dunn, A.R. Lauer, L. Lpez-Baralt, M. McGaha, G. McKim-Smith and M.L. Welles, J.A. Parr, F.J. Snchez, R.T. Horst, E. Urbina, J.A. Whitenack, D.S. Williams, H. Zanzana.

279 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1999