A World of Disorderly Notions : Quixote and the Logic of Exceptionalism / / Aaron R. Hanlon
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| Autore: |
Hanlon Aaron R (Aaron Raymond), <1982->
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| Titolo: |
A World of Disorderly Notions : Quixote and the Logic of Exceptionalism / / Aaron R. Hanlon
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| Pubblicazione: | Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2020 |
| Charlottesville : , : University of Virginia Press, , 2019 | |
| Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2019 | |
| ©2019 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (233 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 823/.50927 |
| Soggetto topico: | American fiction - Spanish influences |
| English fiction - Spanish influences | |
| Exceptionalism in literature | |
| American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism - Theory, etc | |
| Characters and characteristics in literature | |
| English fiction - 18th century - History and criticism - Theory, etc | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Don Quixote |
| enlightenment | |
| Jonathan Swift | |
| Washington Irving | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: a world of disorderly notions -- Part I: The character of quixotism. Quixotic exceptionalism -- Anatomy of quixotism -- Character and front matters -- Relational quixotism -- Part II: The character of exceptionalism. Gulliver and English exceptionalism -- Underhill and American exceptionalism -- Adams, Farrago, and civic exceptionalism -- Arabella, Dorcasina, and domestic exceptionalism -- Launcelot and juridical exceptionalism -- Knickerbocker and reactionary exceptionalism -- Marauder and radical exceptionalism -- Coda: quixotism, phenomenology, epistemology. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "From Jonathan Swift to Thomas Jefferson, those looking to propose and justify exceptions to social and political norms turned to Cervantes's notoriously mad comic hero as a model, yielding an explosion of imitations of Quixote in fiction and polemical writing; this book examines the exceptionalist character of Quixote and tells the story of how quixotism became political and politicized"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A World of Disorderly Notions |
| ISBN: | 0-8139-4217-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910477339203321 |
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