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Quixotic fictions of the USA, 1792-1815 /

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 w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wood, Sarah Florence
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Notas:Based on the author's thesis (doctoral) "Broken heads and bloated tales : Quixotic fictions of the USA, 1792-1815"--University of London, 2003
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 295 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-276) and index.
ISBN:9781429470773
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