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The author traces the resurgence of Don Quixote in the contemporary humanities. In the aftermath of World War II, the figure underwent the most radical re-interpretation since Romanticism. These changes speak volumes about our culture. Drawing on the theoretical framework of the specifically Polish variety of cultural studies, this book makes Don Quixote a patron of cultural reflection. With culture conceptualised as performative, Quixotism is «the cultivation of the soul,» an axiotic space which forms human ways of life across epochs. In this way, the history of culture can be re-written as a history of values frenzy, bibliomania or evil.

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Contents: Quixotism – Research Tools: The Reader, the Book and the World – The Names of Don Quixote – Bibliomania: The Adventure of Reading – Quixotism and Evil.

The Long Shadow of Don Quixote

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    A Hardback by Miroslaw Kocur, Patrycja Poniatowska, Magdalena Barbaruk

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG
      Publication Date: 20/12/2015
      ISBN13: 9783631666531, 978-3631666531
      ISBN10: 3631666535

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The author traces the resurgence of Don Quixote in the contemporary humanities. In the aftermath of World War II, the figure underwent the most radical re-interpretation since Romanticism. These changes speak volumes about our culture. Drawing on the theoretical framework of the specifically Polish variety of cultural studies, this book makes Don Quixote a patron of cultural reflection. With culture conceptualised as performative, Quixotism is «the cultivation of the soul,» an axiotic space which forms human ways of life across epochs. In this way, the history of culture can be re-written as a history of values frenzy, bibliomania or evil.

      Table of Contents
      Contents: Quixotism – Research Tools: The Reader, the Book and the World – The Names of Don Quixote – Bibliomania: The Adventure of Reading – Quixotism and Evil.

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