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1Quixotism

The Imaginative Denial of Spain's Loss of Empire

By Christopher Britt Arredondo

Exposes the cultural roots of Spanish fascism.

“Quixotism” Metadata:

• Title: Quixotism
• Author: Christopher Britt Arredondo
• Language: English
• Number of Pages: 282
• Publisher: SUNY Press
• Publish Date: 2005-01-01
• Genres: Literary Criticism

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• Google Books ID: BaBnryRYReIC
• ISBN-13: 9780791462553
• ISBN-10: 0791462552
• All ISBNs: 0791462552 - 9780791462553

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2Flaubert and Don Quijote

The Influence of Cervantes on Madame Bovary

By Soledad Fox

This book tells the story of how Flaubert's admiration for Cervantes'Don Quijote;unfolded, and how profoundly it shaped and influenced Flaubert's ambition and his approach to all his major works, beginning with his breakthrough novelMadame Bovary;. It thus fills a major gap in the history of the novel and explores, for the first time, just what Flaubert meant when he said, while writingBovary; "Je retrouve toutes mes origins dans le livre que je savais par coeur avant de savoir lire, Don Quichotte;"(I can trace all my origins back to the book I knew by heart). Several cultural and personal factors converged to establish the prominent place ofDon Quijote;in Flaubert's imagination, and these are dealt with in depth in the book. But it is the profound parallels between the two novels that clearly illustrate howDon Quijote;permeatesMadame Bovary;in both subject and approach. One such parallel is Alonso Quijano and Emma Bovary's desire to imitate fiction, which reflects a kind of literary madness in which the attempt to impose the narrative conventions of romances on life only leads hero and heroine, respectively, to destruction, disappointment, and ultimately death. The borrowings and the transpositions are substantial and endless; and indeed the influence did not stop atBovary;, for Flaubert's latergrands romans;, including the rewrittenEducation Sentimentale;andBouvard et Pcuchet;, also display thequixotic;hallmark. This study situates each author in his respective historical and aesthetic context, and provides key examples fromDon Quijote;andMadame Bovary;, Flaubert'sCorrespondence;, as well as his earlier novels. Flaubert's letters and novels show how the French author penetrated deeply into Cervantes'novelistic approach and how his relationship toDon Quijote;directly shaped his success at the crux of his career.

This book tells the story of how Flaubert's admiration for Cervantes'Don Quijote;unfolded, and how profoundly it shaped and influenced Flaubert's ambition and his approach to all his major works, beginning with his breakthrough novelMadame Bovary;. It thus fills a major gap in the history of the novel and explores, for the first time, just what Flaubert meant when he said, while writingBovary; "Je retrouve toutes mes origins dans le livre que je savais par coeur avant de savoir lire, Don Quichotte;"(I can trace all my origins back to the book I knew by heart). Several cultural and personal factors converged to establish the prominent place ofDon Quijote;in Flaubert's imagination, and these are dealt with in depth in the book. But it is the profound parallels between the two novels that clearly illustrate howDon Quijote;permeatesMadame Bovary;in both subject and approach. One such parallel is Alonso Quijano and Emma Bovary's desire to imitate fiction, which reflects a kind of literary madness in which the attempt to impose the narrative conventions of romances on life only leads hero and heroine, respectively, to destruction, disappointment, and ultimately death. The borrowings and the transpositions are substantial and endless; and indeed the influence did not stop atBovary;, for Flaubert's latergrands romans;, including the rewrittenEducation Sentimentale;andBouvard et Pcuchet;, also display thequixotic;hallmark. This study situates each author in his respective historical and aesthetic context, and provides key examples fromDon Quijote;andMadame Bovary;, Flaubert'sCorrespondence;, as well as his earlier novels. Flaubert's letters and novels show how the French author penetrated deeply into Cervantes'novelistic approach and how his relationship toDon Quijote;directly shaped his success at the crux of his career.

4The Portable Cervantes

By Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Contains the Spanish novelist's burlesque and chivalric romance, Don Quixote, plus 2 novels and Cervantes' Farewell to Life

5Illustrations to Don Quixote

By Gustave Doré and Jeannie Ruzicka

Contains the Spanish novelist's burlesque and chivalric romance, Don Quixote, plus 2 novels and Cervantes' Farewell to Life

Contains the Spanish novelist's burlesque and chivalric romance, Don Quixote, plus 2 novels and Cervantes' Farewell to Life

7Don Quijote de la Mancha

By Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Contains the Spanish novelist's burlesque and chivalric romance, Don Quixote, plus 2 novels and Cervantes' Farewell to Life

8Meditaciones del Quijote

By José Ortega y Gasset and Julián Marías

En el ámbito del pensamiento, la preocupación por España estuvo representada en el proyecto novecentista por Ortega y Gasset. Las "Meditaciones del Quijote" fue el primer libro publicado por Ortega, en 1914. Es el punto de partida de toda su obra posterior. Sobre la convicción íntima del carácter fundamental del "Quijote", su profundidad y su plenitud española, el autor hila estas "Meditaciones" concentrando en el libro de Cervantes sus preocupaciones en relación con el tema de España.

En el ámbito del pensamiento, la preocupación por España estuvo representada en el proyecto novecentista por Ortega y Gasset. Las "Meditaciones del Quijote" fue el primer libro publicado por Ortega, en 1914. Es el punto de partida de toda su obra posterior. Sobre la convicción íntima del carácter fundamental del "Quijote", su profundidad y su plenitud española, el autor hila estas "Meditaciones" concentrando en el libro de Cervantes sus preocupaciones en relación con el tema de España.

10Cervantes no romantismo portugûes

cavaleiros andantes, manuscritos encontrados e gargalhadas moralíssimas

By Maria Fernanda de Abreu

En el ámbito del pensamiento, la preocupación por España estuvo representada en el proyecto novecentista por Ortega y Gasset. Las "Meditaciones del Quijote" fue el primer libro publicado por Ortega, en 1914. Es el punto de partida de toda su obra posterior. Sobre la convicción íntima del carácter fundamental del "Quijote", su profundidad y su plenitud española, el autor hila estas "Meditaciones" concentrando en el libro de Cervantes sus preocupaciones en relación con el tema de España.