Quixotism : the imaginative denial of Spain's loss of empire / Christopher Britt Arredondo.

Author
Britt-Arredondo, Christopher, 1966- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005.
Description
viii, 266 pages ; 24 cm

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    Series
    SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture [More in this series]
    Summary note
    "Christopher Britt Arredondo uses the term Quixotism to denote a premodern heroic ideal centered on the figure of Don Quixote as he explores these writers. Here, he shows how Ganivet turns Quixote into a spiritual conquistador, Unamuno, into a tragic messiah, Maeztu, into a smiling priest; and Ortega, into a paternalistic master. Quixotism is a new critical category of political and cultural relevance, not only for fin-de-siecle Spain and the National-Catholic Spain of the Franco era, but also the democratic, postmodern Spain of today."--Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-259) and index.
    Contents
    • Quixotist madness
    • Quixotist imagination
    • Paralyzed imperialism
    • Perverted Catholicism
    • Diminished value
    • Resentful masses
    • DQ as spiritual conquistador
    • DQ as messiah
    • DQ as lover
    • DQ as master.
    ISBN
    • 0791462552 ((hardcover))
    • 9780791462553 ((hardcover))
    LCCN
    2004012238
    OCLC
    55847231
    International Article Number
    • 9780791462553
    • 99816555275
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