Quixotism
Subtitle: the imaginative denial of Spain's loss of empire
By: Christopher Britt Arredondo.
Series: SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Don Quixote (Fictitious character); Literature and society -- Spain.; Politics and literature -- Spain.; Spain -- History -- 1868-1931.
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-259) and index.
Table of contents: title: Quixotist madness; title: Quixotist imagination; title: Paralyzed imperialism; title: Perverted Catholicism; title: Diminished value; title: Resentful masses; title: Don Quixote as spiritual conquistador; title: Don Quixote as messiah; title: Don Quixote as lover; title: Don Quixote as master.