Description
| Summary: | Quixotic Fictions is the first book-length study of the role of Don Quixote in early American literature. Coinciding with the quadricentenary of Don Quixote 's first publication, Quixotic Fictions reaffirms the global reach of Cervantes's influence and explores the complex, contradictory ways in which Don Quixote helped to shape American fiction at a formative moment in its. development. - ;Quixotic Fictions of the USA 1792-1815 explores the conflicted and conflicting interpretations of Don Quixote available to and deployed by disenchanted writers of America's new republic. It argues that the.
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| Item Description: | Based on the author's thesis (doctoral) "Broken heads and bloated tales : Quixotic fictions of the USA, 1792-1815"--University of London, 2003 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 295 pages) : illustrations |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-276) and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9781429470773
1429470771
0191515167
9780191515163
1280757825
9781280757822
9786610757824
6610757828 |
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| Language: | English. |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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