Don Quixote in the archives : madness and lierature in early modern Spain / Dale Shuger.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Shuger, Dale.

Series:

• Edinburgh critical studies in Renaissance culture.
• Edinburgh critical studies in Renaissance culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Mental illness in literature.
• Spanish literature--Classical period, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
• Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote.
• Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616--Characters--Don Quixote.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh Universtiy Press Ltd., [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 eth

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note concerning the Translation; Series Editor's Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Many Madnesses; Chapter 2 The Symptoms of Madness; Chapter 3 The Madman on the Road; Chapter 4 The Madman at Home and among Friends; Chapter 5 Madness, the Mind and the Novel; Chapter 6 Madness, Authority and the Novel; Epilogue (Second Sally); Bibliography; Index

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7486-4464-4

OCLC:

795695179