Beyond Sight

Ryan D. Giles is an associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University, Bloomington.Steven Wagschal is a professor and chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University, Bloomington.

• IntroductionRyan D. Giles and Steven Wagschal Part I. Sensing ReligionChapter 1. The Breath of Lazarus in the Mocedades de RodrigoRyan D. Giles Chapter 2. Olfaction, Sin, and Grace in Berceo’s MilagrosVíctor Rodríguez-PereiraPart II. Cognition and the SensesChapter 3. Perception, Memory and Imagination in Don QujxoteJulia DomínguezChapter 4. Taste, Cognition, and Redemption in Guzmán de AlfaracheRobert K. FritzChapter 5. The Aesthetics of Disgust in Cervantes and ZayasSteven WagschalPart III. PerceptionChapter 6. Sight, Sense, and Scents in the Cancionero de PalacioE. Michael GerliChapter 7. The Physical Senses in Early Modern Galenism Debates and Prescriptive Domestic LiteratureCarolyn A. Nadeau Chapter 8. Cervantes’s Exemplary SensoriumCharles Victor GanelinPart IV. Sensing EmpireChapter 9. The Senses of Empire and the Scents of Babylon in the Libro de AlexandreEmily FrancomanoChapter 10. Portuguese Coastal Realms and the Delight of the SensesJosiah BlackmoreChapter 11. Eucharistic Thought and Imperial Longing in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century PortugalHenry BerlinChapter 12. Festive Soundscapes in Potosí and Minas GeraisLisa Voigt Part V. Sensing the UrbanChapter 13. Celestial Visions and Demonic Touch: García’s Inventions in La verdad sospechosaFrederick A. de ArmasChapter 14. Motherhood, Interrupted: Sensing Birth in Early Modern Spanish FictionEnrique García Santo-Tomás

"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)