| Cervantes, Literature and the Discourse of Politics Contributor(s): Cascardi, Anthony J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442612231 ISBN-13: 9781442612235 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $44.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General |
| Dewey: 863.3 |
| Series: Toronto Iberic |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Spanish - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What is the role of literature in the formation of the state? Anthony J. Cascardi takes up this fundamental question in Cervantes, Literature, and the Discourse of Politics, a comprehensive analysis of the presence of politics in Don Quixote. Cascardi argues that when public speech is constrained, as it was in seventeenth-century Spain, politics must be addressed through indirect forms including comedy, myth, and travellers' tales. Cervantes, Literature, and the Discourse of Politics convincingly re-engages the ancient roots of political theory in modern literature by situating Cervantes within a long line of political thinkers. Cascardi notably connects Cervantes's political theory to Plato's, much as the writer's literary criticism has been firmly linked to Aristotle's. He also shows how Cervantes's view of literature provided a compelling alternative to the modern, scientific politics of Machiavelli and Hobbes, highlighting the potential interplay of literature and politics in an ideal state. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cascardi, Anthony J.: - Anthony J. Cascardi is the director of the Townsend Center for the Humanities and a professor of Comparative Literature, Rhetoric, and Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Berkeley. |