The Persistence of Presence

Emblem and Ritual in Baroque Spain

Bradley J. Nelson

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English

University of Toronto Press
16 November 2020

Art & design styles: Baroque; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval

Series: University of Toronto Romance Series

The Persistence of Presence analyzes the relationship between emblem books, containing combinations of pictures and texts, and Spanish literature in the early modern period. As representations of ideas and ideals, emblems are allegories produced in a particular place and time, and their study can shed light on the central cultural and political activities of an era.

Bradley J. Nelson argues that the emblem was a primary indicator of the social and political functions of diverse literary practices in early modern Spain, from theatre to epic prose. Furthermore, the disintegration of a unified medieval world view left many seeking the kinds of deep knowledge that could be accessed through symbolic pictures, increasing their cultural significance. In this detailed examination of emblem books, sacred and secular theatre, and Cervantes' critique of baroque allegory in Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda, Nelson connects the early history of emblematics with the drive towards cultural and political hegemony in Counter-Reformation Spain.

By: Bradley J. Nelson
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 420g
ISBN: 9781487526214
ISBN 10: 1487526210
Series: University of Toronto Romance Series
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 16 November 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bradley J. Nelson is an associate professor and chair in the Department of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics at Concordia University.

Reviews for The Persistence of Presence: Emblem and Ritual in Baroque Spain

'The Persistence of Presence is a timely study of the relationship between emblematic practice and Spanish literature of the early modern period. Moving beyond traditional approaches to the subject, Bradley J. Nelson analyzes the subconscious foundation of the early modern emblem and emblematic thinking to show how central cultural activities of the period must be understood through this apparently marginal mode of representation.'--John Beusterien, Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, Texas Tech University