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Zusatztext “Latin American Neo-Baroque: Senses of Distortion is more than a guide to understanding the Baroque and Neo-Baroque. It is an interdisciplinary text that offers the multifaceted perspectives to which it alludes. The creative and cogent readings of both visual and literary works construct a convincing paradigm. Pablo Baler makes a significant contribution to the study of the Neo- Baroque, and this book should be included in the library holdings as a reference for scholars.” (Dinora Cardoso,Hispania, Vol. 101 (1), March, 2018) Informationen zum Autor Pablo Baler is Associate Professor of Latin-American Literature at California State University, Los Angeles, USA and an International Research Fellow at the Centre for Fine Art Research at Birmingham City University, UK. A novelist and cultural critic, Baler is the author of the award-winning novel Circa and the collection of short stories, La burocracia mandarina , as well as the editor of The Next Thing: Art in the Twenty-First Century . Klappentext Pablo Baler studies the ruptures and continuities linking the de-centered dynamics of the 17 th century to the logic of instability that permeates 20 th century visual and literary production in Latin America. Bringing philosophy! literary interpretation! art criticism! and a poetic approach to the history of ideas! Baler offers a new perspective from which to understand the uncanny phenomenon of baroque distortion. This interdisciplinary inquiry not only leads to a more specific formulation regarding the singularity of the reappropriations of the baroque in Spanish America! but also allows for a more comprehensive assessment of its historical reach in the broader context of the representational crisis of modernity. Pablo Baler is Associate Professor of Latin-American Literature at California State University! Los Angeles! USA and an International Research Fellow at the Centre for Fine Art Research at Birmingham City University! UK. A novelist and cultural critic! Baler is the author of the award-winning novel Circa and the collection of short stories! La burocracia mandarina ! as well as the editor of The Next Thing: Art in the Twenty-First Century . Zusammenfassung Pablo Baler studies the ruptures and continuities linking the de-centered dynamics of the 17 th century to the logic of instability that permeates 20 th century visual and literary production in Latin America. Bringing philosophy, literary interpretation, art criticism, and a poetic approach to the history of ideas, Baler offers a new perspective from which to understand the uncanny phenomenon of baroque distortion. This interdisciplinary inquiry not only leads to a more specific formulation regarding the singularity of the reappropriations of the baroque in Spanish America, but also allows for a more comprehensive assessment of its historical reach in the broader context of the representational crisis of modernity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreward by David William Foster.- Preface.- Introduction: Senses of Distortion.- Metaphor.- Hyperbaton.- Anaphora.- Epilogue: Red Hot Death.- Bibliography.- Index. ...
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Foreward by David William Foster.- Preface.- Introduction: Senses of Distortion.- Metaphor.- Hyperbaton.- Anaphora.- Epilogue: Red Hot Death.- Bibliography.- Index.
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"Latin American Neo-Baroque: Senses of Distortion is more than a guide to understanding the Baroque and Neo-Baroque. It is an interdisciplinary text that offers the multifaceted perspectives to which it alludes. The creative and cogent readings of both visual and literary works construct a convincing paradigm. Pablo Baler makes a significant contribution to the study of the Neo- Baroque, and this book should be included in the library holdings as a reference for scholars." (Dinora Cardoso,Hispania, Vol. 101 (1), March, 2018)
