Policing printed matter -- (Not) enforcing the indices -- Discordant voices in the Inquisition -- Sending mixed signals : Gracian and the didactic tradition -- Landing on la isla de la Inmortalidad -- The reader's journey -- The Jesuit subtext.
Summary
This book combines archival and rare book research with a case study of the fiction of Baltasar GraciAn to investigate the degree to which the Spanish elite circumvented Inquisitorial and state publication controls in early modern Spain.