{"product_id":"quixotic-memories-cervantes-and-memory-in-early-modern-spain-hardback-9781487543921","title":"Quixotic Memories; Cervantes and Memory in Early Modern Spain (Hardback) 9781487543921","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eQuixotic Memories\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCervantes and Memory in Early Modern Spain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJulia Dominguez (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487543921\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 April 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With her masterful analysis of how Cervantes treats memory throughout \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e, Domínguez has accomplished something quite rare in the world of Cervantine studies, a field populated by new books every month: writing a book that will be remembered.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - William Worden, The University of Alabama (\u003cem\u003eHispanófila\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work of Miguel de Cervantes – one of the most influential writers in early modern Europe – is a reflection of the rich culture of memory in which it was created. More than a theme, memory is a system of understanding in Cervantes\u0026amp;#x2019;s world, resulting from the major social, religious, and economic changes that epitomized Renaissance humanist culture and that informed the transition to modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuixotic Memories \u003c\/i\u003eoffers insight into the plurality and complexity of memory and demonstrates how it plays an exceptionally critical role in Cervantes\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e. It acknowledges Cervantes\u0026amp;#x2019;s transition into modernity as he engaged with theories of memory that were developed in classical antiquity and adapted to the specific circumstances of his own time. Julia Domínguez explores the many spaces that memory created for itself in early modern Spain, particularly in the fields of philosophy, medicine, rhetoric, mnemotechnics, the visual arts, and pedagogy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEngaging with primary and archival sources, \u003ci\u003eQuixotic Memories \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a new reading of Cervantes\u0026amp;#x2019;s famous novel by tracing the socio-historical and cultural prominence of memory throughout the author\u0026amp;#x2019;s lifetime. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eObsessions with Remembering: The Culture of Memory in Early Modern Spain\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Anatomy of Early Modern Memory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCervantes and the Early Modern Mind\u003cbr\u003eThe Topography of the Early Modern Brain\u003cbr\u003eMemory and Recollection\u003cbr\u003eDon Quixote\u0026amp;#x2019;s Memory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Mental Libraries: The Places of Memory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImaginary Libraries\u003cbr\u003eCervantes and Artificial Memory\u003cbr\u003eThe Art of Memory and Its Tradition\u003cbr\u003eThe Art of Memory in the Time of Cervantes\u003cbr\u003eSierra Morena: The Vast Territories of Memory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. \u003cem\u003eUt Pictura Memoria\u003c\/em\u003e: The Mnemonic Power of Images\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisual Expressions of Mnemonic Culture in the Age of Cervantes\u003cbr\u003eCervantine Mnemonic Inflections\u003cbr\u003eThe Mnemonic Power of Images: The \u003cem\u003eImago Agente\u003c\/em\u003e in \u003cem\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAffectio\u003c\/em\u003e and the Corporeality of the \u003cem\u003ePhantasmata\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Circulation of Images in Cultural Artefacts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Information Overload: Stocking Memory in the Age of Cervantes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Anxiety of the \"Labyrinths of Letters\" \u003cbr\u003ePedagogy, Mnemonics, and the Limits of Humanist Education\u003cbr\u003eThe Cousin: Student and Humanist\u003cbr\u003eExternal Memories\u003cbr\u003eThe Mimetic Memory of the Cousin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Disputes over Memory: Sancho and the Artful Manipulation of Memory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"O Sancho miente o Sancho sueña\"\u003cbr\u003e\"A fe que no os falta memoria cuando vos queréis tenerla\": Sancho\u0026amp;#x2019;s Selective Memory\u003cbr\u003e\"Como ya pasó, no es\" \u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Torralba and the Performative Dimension of Memory\u003cbr\u003e\"Alta y sobajada señora…\"\u003cbr\u003eThe False Memory Embedded in Imagination\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eLethe and the Laws of Oblivion: Sites of Forgetting in \u003cem\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739504767256,"sku":"9781487543921","price":38.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/quixotic-memories-cervantes-and-memory-in-early-modern-spain-hardback-9781487543921","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}