Dance, Embodied Politics and Court Culture in Early Modern Spain: The Poetics Turn
Author:   Professor Florence d’Artois
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
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Pages:   468
Publication Date:   23 December 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Dance, Embodied Politics and Court Culture in Early Modern Spain: The Poetics Turn


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Author:   Professor Florence d’Artois
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   Tamesis Books
ISBN:  

9781855664067


ISBN 10:   1855664062
Pages:   468
Publication Date:   23 December 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. The Ethical Age of Dance 1. Disciplinary Foundations 2. Festive Culture and the Figurative Regime of Dance Part II. Dance and the King's Body 3. Humanist Enthusiasm in the Age of Charles V 4. How Can Dance Be Condemned When the King Dances? Part III. The Poetics Turn 5. Italian Mediations 6. The Body in Movement. Dance in Philosophía antigua poética (1596) Part IV. The Stage Turn 7. Mutations in Court Dance 8. González de Salas, Dance Historian and Editor of Bailes 9. Counterpoint: A French Poetics of Dance Conclusion Bibliography Index

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FLORENCE D'ARTOIS is Professor of Early Modern Spanish Culture and Literature at the Université Toulouse Jean-Jaurès. Between 2019 and 2025, she was a member of the Institut Universitaire de France working on the project The performing body: dance, festivals and theater at the courts of the Hispanic Monarchy (1560-1700).

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