The spectacular city, Mexico, and colonial Hispanic literary culture / Stephanie Merrim.

Author/creator Merrim, Stephanie
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAustin : University of Texas Press, ©2010.
Descriptionviii, 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Festivals--Mexico. --Mexico City. --History. --16th century.
Festivals--Mexico. --Mexico City. --History. --17th century.
Mexico City (Mexico)--Social life and customs. --16th century.
Mexico City (Mexico)--Social life and customs. --17th century.
Mexico City (Mexico)--Intellectual life. --16th century.
Mexico City (Mexico)--Intellectual life. --17th century.
Mexico City (Mexico)--In literature.

SeriesJoe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture. ^A505316
Contents Agile platforms of the spectacular city: the new world and the old -- Order and concert -- Balbuena's "La grandeza mexicana" and the advent of the spectacular city -- Balbuena's spectacular city and the Creole cause -- Engaging plurality: Baroque plenitude and the spectacular city in Mexico -- "To know the all": the spectacular esoteric city in Mexico -- Babe : wild work of the new world Baroque -- Appendix. Chronology of principal works.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [337]-353) and index.
LCCN 2010019015
ISBN0292723075 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780292723078 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks F1386.2 .M47 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold