A World of Disorderly Notions : Quixote and the Logic of Exceptionalism / / Aaron R. Hanlon.
"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 excep...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Charlottesville : : University of Virginia Press,, 2019. Baltimore, Md. : : Project MUSE,, 2019 ©2019. |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (233 pages) |
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| 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"-- |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813942179 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Aaron R. Hanlon. |