A World of Disorderly Notions : Quixote and the Logic of Exceptionalism / / Aaron R. Hanlon.

• VerfasserIn: Hanlon, Aaron R. 1982-
• 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)

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

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.