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Book SynopsisBeyond Sight, edited by Ryan D. Giles and Steven Wagschal, explores the ways in which Iberian writers crafted images of both Old and New Worlds using the non-visual senses (hearing, smell, taste, and touch).
The contributors argue that the uses of these senses are central to understanding Iberian authors and thinkers from the pre- and early modern periods. Medievalists delve into the poetic interiorizations of the sensorial plane to show how sacramental and purportedly miraculous sensory experiences were central to the effort of affirming faith and understanding indigenous peoples in the Americas. Renaissance and early modernist essays shed new light on experiences of pungent, bustling ports and city centres, and the exotic musical performances of empire. This insightful collection covers a wide array of approaches including literary and cultural history, philosophical aesthetics, affective and cognitive studies, and theories of embodiment. Beyond Sight expands
Trade Review
"Beyond Sight is a highly readable book that appeals, quite literally, to all the senses, and which significantly expands our understanding of medieval and early modern culture." -- Cory A. Reed, University of Texas at Austin * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *
Table of Contents
Introduction Ryan D. Giles and Steven Wagschal Part I. Sensing Religion Chapter 1. The Breath of Lazarus in the Mocedades de Rodrigo Ryan D. Giles Chapter 2. Olfaction, Sin, and Grace in Berceo's Milagros Victor Rodriguez-Pereira Part II. Cognition and the Senses Chapter 3. Perception, Memory and Imagination in Don Qujxote Julia Dominguez Chapter 4. Taste, Cognition, and Redemption in Guzman de Alfarache Robert K. Fritz Chapter 5. The Aesthetics of Disgust in Cervantes and Zayas Steven Wagschal Part III. Perception Chapter 6. Sight, Sense, and Scents in the Cancionero de Palacio E. Michael Gerli Chapter 7. The Physical Senses in Early Modern Galenism Debates and Prescriptive Domestic Literature Carolyn A. Nadeau Chapter 8. Cervantes's Exemplary Sensorium Charles Victor Ganelin Part IV. Sensing Empire Chapter 9. The Senses of Empire and the Scents of Babylon in the Libro de Alexandre Emily Francomano Chapter 10. Portuguese Coastal Realms and the Delight of the Senses Josiah Blackmore Chapter 11. Eucharistic Thought and Imperial Longing in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Portugal Henry Berlin Chapter 12. Festive Soundscapes in Potosi and Minas Gerais Lisa Voigt Part V. Sensing the Urban Chapter 13. Celestial Visions and Demonic Touch: Garcia's Inventions in La verdad sospechosa Frederick A. de Armas Chapter 14. Motherhood, Interrupted: Sensing Birth in Early Modern Spanish Fiction Enrique Garcia Santo-Tomas
