Severo Sarduy never enjoyed the same level of notoriety as did other Latin American writers like Garciacute;a Maacute;rquez and Vargas-Llosa; and his compatriot; Cabrera-Infante. On the other hand; he never lacked for excellent critical interpretations of his work from critics like Roberto Gonzaacute;lez Echevarriacute;a; Reneacute; Prieto; Gustavo Guerrero; and other reputable scholars. Missing; however; from what is otherwise an impressive body of critical commentary; is a study of the importance of painting and architecture; firstly; to his theory; and secondly; to his creative work. In order to fill this lacuna in Sarduy studies; Rolando Peacute;rezrsquo;s book undertakes a critical approach to Sarduyrsquo;s essaysmdash;Barroco; Escrito sobre un cuerpo; ldquo;Barroco y neobarroco;rdquo; and La simulacioacute;nmdash;from the stand point of art history. Often overlooked in Sarduy studies is the fact that the twenty-three-year-old Sarduy left Cuba for Paris in 1961 to study not literature but art history; earning the equivalent of a Masterrsquo;s Degree from the Eacute;cole du Louvre with a thesis on Roman art. And yet it was the art of the Italian Renaissance (e.g.; the paintings as well as the brilliant and numerous treatises on linear perspective produced from the 15th to the 16th century) and what Sarduy called the Italian; Spanish; and colonial Baroque or ldquo;neo-baroquerdquo; visually based aesthetic that interested him and to which he dedicated so many pages. In short; no book on Sarduy until now has traced the multifaceted art historical background that informed the work of this challenging and exciting writer. And though Severo Sarduy and the Neo-Baroque Image of Thought in the Visual Arts is far from being an introduction; it will be a book that many a critic of Sarduy and the Latin American ldquo;baroquerdquo; will consult in years to come.
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