Don Quixote in the archives : madness and literature in early modern Spain /

A new reading of madness in Don Quixote based on archival accounts of insanity. From the records of the Spanish Inquisition, Dale Shuger presents a social corpus of early modern madness that differs radically from the 'literary' madness previously studied. Drawing on over 100 accounts of i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shuger, Dale (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2012]
Colección:Edinburgh critical studies in Renaissance culture.
Temas:
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, > 1547-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, > 1547-1616. > Don Quixote.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, > 1547-1616
Don Quixote (Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)
1500-1599
Mental illness in literature.
Mental illness > Spain > History > 16th century > Sources.
Insanity defense > Spain > History > 16th century > Sources.
Maladies mentales dans la littérature.
Maladies mentales > Espagne > Histoire > 16e siècle > Sources.
Défense d'aliénation mentale > Espagne > Histoire > 16e siècle > Sources.
LITERARY CRITICISM/European/Spanish & Portuguese.
Insanity defense
Mental illness
Mental illness in literature
Spain
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Sources
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Many madnesses
  • 2. The symptoms of madness
  • 3. The madman on the road
  • 4. The madman at home and among friends
  • 5. Madness, the mind and the novel
  • 6. Madness, authority and the novel
  • Epilogue (second sally)

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