Quixotic Memories : : Cervantes and Memory in Early Modern Spain / / Julia Dominguez.

The work of Miguel de Cervantes – one of the most influential writers in early modern Europe – is a reflection of the rich culture of memory in which it was created. More than a theme, memory is a system of understanding in Cervantes’ world, resulting from the major social, religious, and economic c...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Toronto Iberic
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Physical Description:1 online resource (276 p.) :; 6 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Obsessions with Remembering
  • 1 The Anatomy of Early Modern Memory
  • 2 Mental Libraries: The Places of Memory
  • 3 Ut Pictura Memoria: The Mnemonic Power of Images
  • 4 Information Overload: Stocking Memory in the Age of Cervantes
  • 5 Disputes over Memory: Sancho and the Artful Manipulation of Memory
  • Epilogue: Lethe and the Laws of Oblivion: Sites of Forgetting in Don Quixote
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index