{"product_id":"a-poetry-of-things-9781487509187","title":"A Poetry of Things","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Poetry of Things\u003c\/em\u003e examines the works of four poets whose use of visual and material culture contributed to the remarkable artistic and literary production during the reign of Philip III (15981621). Francisco de Quevedo, Luis de Góngora, Juan de Arguijo, and Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza cast cultural objects  ranging from books and tombstones to urban ruins, sculptures, and portraits  as participants in lively interactions with their readers and viewers across time and space.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMary E. Barnard\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eargues that in their dialogic performance, these objects serve as sites of inquiry for exploring contemporary political, social, and religious issues, such as the preservation of humanist learning in an age of print, the collapse of empires and the rebirth of the city, and the visual culture of the Counter-Reformation. Her inspired readings explain how the performance of cultural objects, whether they remain in situ or are displayed in a library, museum, or convent, is the \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments List of Illustrations Preface   1. Objects as Mediators   2. Material Rome     3. Producing Pastoral Spaces   4. Staging Myth     5. A Mystic and Her Objects                         Notes  Works Cited  Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739689300311,"sku":"9781487509187","price":29.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487509187.jpg?v=1720052908","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-poetry-of-things-9781487509187","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}