Don Quixote in the Archives
Professor Dale Shuger
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Hardback. Dale Shuger presents, from the records of the Spanish Inquisition, a social corpus of early modern madness that differs radically from the 'literary' madness hitherto studied by Cervantes critics. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
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 insanity defences, many of which contain statements from a wide social spectrum - housekeepers, nieces, doctors, and barbers - as well as the testimonies of the alleged madmen and women themselves, Shuger argues that Cervantes' exploration of madness as experience is intimately linked to the questions about ethics, reason, will and selfhood that unreason ... Read more
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 insanity defences, many of which contain statements from a wide social spectrum - housekeepers, nieces, doctors, and barbers - as well as the testimonies of the alleged madmen and women themselves, Shuger argues that Cervantes' exploration of madness as experience is intimately linked to the questions about ethics, reason, will and selfhood that unreason ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748644636
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V9780748644636
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About Professor Dale Shuger
Dale Shuger is a professor of early modern Spanish literature and history at Columbia University. She received her doctorate from New York University in 2008. She has published articles on madness, the Spanish Inquisition, and Cervantes in several anthologies and in The Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, and Cervantes (Journal of the Cervantes Society of America).
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