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Title

Cervantes, literature, and the discourse of politics / Anthony J. Cascardi.

Author

Cascardi, Anthony J., 1953-

Publication

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2012.

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Description

351 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"What is the role of literature in the formation of the state? Anthony J. Cascardi takes up this fundamental question in Cervantes, Literature, and the Discourse of Politics, a comprehensive analysis of the presence of politics in Don Quixote. Cascardi argues that when public speech is constrained, as it was in seventeenth-century Spain, politics must be addressed indirectly, including through comedy, myth, and travellers' tales. Cervantes, Literature, and the Discourse of Politics convincingly reengages the ancient roots of political theory in modern literature by situating Cervantes within a long line of political thinkers. Cascardi notably connects Cervantes' political theory to Plato's, much as the writer's literary criticism has been firmly linked to Aristotle's. He also shows how Cervantes' view of literature provided a compelling alternative to the modern, scientific politics of Machiavelli and Hobbes, highlighting the potential interplay of literature and politics in an ideal state."--Page [i].

Series Statement

Toronto Iberic

Uniform Title

Toronto Iberic ; 1.

Subject

• Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616
• Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 > Political and social views
• Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 > Pensée politique et sociale
• Politics and literature > Spain > History > 17th century
• Politique et littérature > Espagne > Histoire > 17e siècle

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- What the canon said -- Views from nowhere -- Controversies -- The practice of theory -- Politics brought down to earth -- Imagining the nation -- Civil society, virtue, and the pursuit of happiness -- Free speech?

ISBN

• 9781442643710 (bound)
• 1442643714 (bound)
• 9781442612235 (pbk.)
• 1442612231 (pbk.)

OCLC

727326123

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library