Baroque New Worlds

“Because it provides a masterful synthesis of the field (and because it
offers the first published translations of essential works written in Spanish, French, and Portuguese), the anthology (29 essays in total) is sure to become a mandatory first stop for all scholars of the Baroque. . . . Baroque New Worlds is a groundbreaking contribution for the study of transatlantic cultures,
and unusual attention to detail and presentation makes Zamora and Kaup’s volume user-friendly. . . . Baroque New Worlds reminds us that, in addition to compiling and reprinting texts, an anthology can be an intellectual tour de force in its own right.” - Antonio Barrenechea, Comparative American Studies

“Representing a step forward in understanding a tradition still productive in its multiplicity, this inclusive, sophisticated book highlights the trajectory of the baroque, which is sometimes submerged or ignored, but always developing into richer, more complex artifacts. Recommended.” - O. B. Gonzilez, Choice

“Zamora and Kaup's book represents a new refashioning of the term Baroque, as well as usefully engaging the term ‘Neo-Baroque’ that reinvigorates and resituates discussions in the field of aesthetics and cultural criticism.” - Pamela H. Long, The Comparatist

“Baroque New Worlds: Representation, Transculturation, Counterconquest is an important and often captivating anthology that brings together key thinkers and formative writings on the aesthetic, political, and cultural dimensions of the Baroque. Embracing a transhistorical approach, Lois Parkinson Zamora and Monika Kaup develop a rich understanding of the labyrinthine and slippery nature of the Baroque—from its European origins, to its adaptation within a New World context, to its Neobaroque metamorphosis in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This is a meticulously edited work that promises to become a key text on the Baroque and Latin American culture.”— Angela Ndalianis, author of Neo-Baroque Aesthetics and Contemporary Entertainment

“Baroque New Worlds demonstrates the great and continuing usefulness of ‘Baroque’ as a way of making connections that might otherwise be hard to see, and of giving visibility to a large, important, and still-unfolding event in cultural history.”—Gordon Braden, author of Petrarchan Love and the Continental Renaissance

“Because it provides a masterful synthesis of the field (and because it offers the first published translations of essential works written in Spanish, French, and Portuguese), the anthology (29 essays in total) is sure to become a mandatory first stop for all scholars of the Baroque. . . . Baroque New Worlds is a groundbreaking contribution for the study of transatlantic cultures, and unusual attention to detail and presentation makes Zamora and Kaup’s volume user-friendly. . . . Baroque New Worlds reminds us that, in addition to compiling and reprinting texts, an anthology can be an intellectual tour de force in its own right.”

~Antonio Barrenechea, Comparative American Studies

“Representing a step forward in understanding a tradition still productive in its multiplicity, this inclusive, sophisticated book highlights the trajectory of the baroque, which is sometimes submerged or ignored, but always developing into richer, more complex artifacts. Recommended.”

~O. B. Gonzilez, Choice

“Zamora and Kaup's book represents a new refashioning of the term Baroque, as well as usefully engaging the term ‘Neo-Baroque’ that reinvigorates and resituates discussions in the field of aesthetics and cultural criticism.”

~Pamela H. Long, Comparatist