A World of Disorderly Notions : Quixote and the Logic of Exceptionalism

"From Jonathan Swift to Washington Irving, those looking to propose and justify exceptions to social and political norms turned to Cervantes's notoriously mad comic hero as a model. A World of Disorderly Notions examines the literary and political effects of Don Quixote, arguing that what...

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Autor principal: Hanlon, Aaron R. (auth)
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Publicado em: Charlottesville University of Virginia Press 2020
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