{"product_id":"cervantes-literature-and-the-discourse-of-politics-9781442612235","title":"Cervantes Literature and the Discourse of Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is the role of literature in the formation of the state? Anthony J. Cascardi takes up this fundamental question in \u003cem\u003eCervantes, Literature, and the Discourse of Politics\u003c\/em\u003e, a comprehensive analysis of the presence of politics in \u003cem\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e. Cascardi argues that when public speech is constrained, as it was in seventeenth-century Spain, politics must be addressed through indirect forms including comedy, myth, and travellers'' tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCervantes, Literature, and the Discourse of Politics\u003c\/em\u003e convincingly re-engages the ancient roots of political theory in modern literature by situating Cervantes within a long line of political thinkers. Cascardi notably connects Cervantes''s political theory to Plato''s, much as the writer''s literary criticism has been firmly linked to Aristotle''s. He also shows how Cervantes''s view of literature provided a compelling alternative to the modern, scientific politics of Machiavelli and Hobbes, highlighting the potential int\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Cascardi provides illuminating commentary on the overlooked influence of political philosophy upon Cervantes's -- Barbara Simerka Renaissance Quarterly; vol 65:03:2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  1. Introduction   2. What the Canon Said  3. Views from Nowhere  4. Controversies  5. The Practice of Theory  6. Politics Brought Down to Earth  7. Imagining the Nation  8. Civil Society, Virtue, and the  Pursuit of Happiness  9. Free Speech?  Notes  Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187496477015,"sku":"9781442612235","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cervantes-literature-and-the-discourse-of-politics-9781442612235","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}