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PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated

ISBN-100847680517

ISBN-139780847680511

eBay Product ID (ePID)907493

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Book TitleEros and Empire : Politics and Christianity in Don Quixote

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicSubjects & Themes / Religion, European / Spanish & Portuguese, World, Christianity / Literature & the Arts

Publication Year1995

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Religion, History

AuthorHenry Higuera

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight17.8 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width5.7 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN95-013034

ReviewsHiguera serves us well by his practical criticism and close reading of the novel itself rather than a fashionably theoretical abstractedness..., "Higuera provides a pathbreaking analysis of the complexities of Don Quixote that will send Cervantes scholars scrambling back to the text. At the same time he has written one of the best introductions to the book for general readers." --Paul Cantor, University of Virginia "This is far and away the best analysis that I have ever read of the political teaching of Don Quixote , one of the literary masterpieces of our tradition and hence a work of abiding interest . . . to all of us." --Ernest Fortin, Boston College "Higuera serves us well by his practical criticism and close reading of the novel itself rather than a fashionably theoretical abstractedness..." --Thomas Werge, University of Notre Dame, This is far and away the best analysis that I have ever read of the political teaching of Don Quixote , one of the literary masterpieces of our tradition and hence a work of abiding interest . . . to all of us., Higuera provides a pathbreaking analysis of the complexities of Don Quixote that will send Cervantes scholars scrambling back to the text. At the same time he has written one of the best introductions to the book for general readers., This is far and away the best analysis that I have ever read of the political teaching of Don Quixote, one of the literary masterpieces of our tradition and hence a work of abiding interest . . . to all of us.

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal863/.3

SynopsisThe sixteenth century was an extremely critical time for Christianity and politics in Europe; the birth of Protestantism and Machiavelli's new approach to politics, morality, and religion are only two examples of the turbulence of the time. Don Quixote, argues Henry Higuera, was a response to this turbulence. Too few readers realize that Cervantes's immortal hero wanted to conquer the world. Through a careful examination of the novel against the background of Christian theology and European moral and political theory, Higuera demonstrates that Don Quixote portrays, analyzes, and criticizes how Christianity tends towards a kind of imperialism fueled by eros. He shows first just how erotic the relation between the soul and God was in the Catholic tradition; second, how theological Don Quixote's understanding of Dulcinea is; and third, how closely the Books of Chivalry are related to contemporary controversies about the Bible. The resulting study is an important one for scholars and students of political theory, intellectual history, and literature.

LC Classification NumberPQ6353.H54 1995