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A world of disorderly notions : Quixote and the logic of exceptionalism
- Title
- A world of disorderly notions : Quixote and the logic of exceptionalism / Aaron R. Hanlon.
- Author
- Hanlon, Aaron R. (Aaron Raymond), 1982-
- Publication
- Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
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Details
- Description
- 222 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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"--
- Subjects
- Rezeption
- Großbritannien
- Characters and characteristics in literature
- 1700-1899
- American fiction > Spanish influences
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 > Don Quijote
- Don Quixote (Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)
- Literatur
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- United States
- English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc
- American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc
- English fiction > Spanish influences
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 > Don Quixote
- Englisch
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-213) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-8633
- ISBN
- 9780813942162
- 0813942160
- 9780813942179 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018044533
- OCLC
- 1057298792
- Author
- Hanlon, Aaron R. (Aaron Raymond), 1982- author.
- Title
- A world of disorderly notions : Quixote and the logic of exceptionalism / Aaron R. Hanlon.
- Publisher
- Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-213) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1700-1899
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-8633