Quixotism

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"Christopher Britt Arredondo uses the term Quixotism to denote a premodern heroic ideal centered on the figure of Don Quixote as he explores these writers. Here, he shows how Ganivet turns Quixote into a spiritual conquistador, Unamuno, into a tragic messiah, Maeztu, into a smiling priest; and Ortega, into a paternalistic master. Quixotism is a new critical category of political and cultural relevance, not only for fin-de-siecle Spain and the National-Catholic Spain of the Franco era, but also the democratic, postmodern Spain of today."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Don Quixote (Fictitious character),  History,  Literature and society,  Politics and literature,  European history: c 1750 to c 1900,  Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century,  c 1800 to c 1900,  c 1900 - c 1914,  Literature - Classics / Criticism,  Literary Criticism,  Spain,  Europe - Spain & Portugal,  European - Spanish & Portuguese,  Don Quixote (Fictitious charac,  1868-1931,  Spain, history

Places: Spain

Times: 1868-1931