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QUIXOTE, call 1-800-627-7377, stop =
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The =
utopian=20
fantasies of Spain's most famous knight =
and=20
squire
(Nashville, TN) =
- Myriam=20
Yvonne Jehenson and Peter N. Dunn =
explore the=20
mythic utopian desires that drive Don =
Quixote=20
and Sancho Panza in Don Quixote =
in=20
their new book THE=20
UTOPIAN NEXUS IN DON =
QUIXOTE (to be=20
published July 10, 2006 by Vanderbilt =
University=20
Press). By tracing the discourses=20
surrounding what they identify as a myth =
of=20
abundance and a myth of "simple wants"=20
throughout Spain and the rest of Europe =
at the=20
time, Jehenson and Dunn are able to=20
contextualize some of the stranger =
incidents in=20
Don Quixote, including Camacho's =
wedding. =20
They bring to the forefront three =
aspects of the=20
novel: the cultural and juridical=20
background of Don Quixote's utopian =
program for=20
reviving the original property-less =
condition of=20
the Age of Gold; the importance for =
Sancho Panza=20
of the myths of Cockaigne and Jauja; and =
the author's progressive =
skepticism about=20
utopian programs.
"Because of the care with which =
the=20
authors tease out and survey the =
multiple=20
strands of utopian thinking which =
contribute to=20
the textual richness of Don Quixote and=20
transform it, the study has great value =
as=20
synthesis of a host of materials and =
kinds of=20
materials (literary, philosophical, =
juridical,=20
historical and others) related to =
utopian=20
thinking and imagination and to the =
contexts in=20
which they arose. As a result, it will =
be=20
especially useful for scholars in =
literature and=20
Early Modern cultural studies who are =
eager to=20
broaden their understanding of material =
and=20
intellectual history." -Mary Gaylord =
(Sosland=20
Family Professor of Romance Languages =
and=20
Literatures), Harvard =
University
=93This=20
book is a penetrating analysis of Don =
Quixote=20
and Sancho Panza's respective utopian =
fantasies,=20
which provide the primary motivation for =
knight=20
and squire's pursuit of fame and =
fortune. =20
Professors Dunn and Jehenson richly=20
contextualize those fantasies, examining =
them in=20
the light of both the oral folk =
tradition and=20
numerous biblical, classical, medieval =
and=20
Renaissance versions of utopia.=94 =
-Michael McGaha=20
(Yale B. and Lucille D. Griffith =
Professorship=20
in Modern Languages), Pomona =
College =20
Myriam Yvonne Jehenson is =
Professor=20
Emerita of Comparative Literature and =
Literary=20
and Cultural Studies at the University =
of=20
Hartford, Connecticut and the author of =
The=20
Golden World of Pastoral: A Comparative =
Study of=20
Sidney's Arcadias and Honor=E9 =
d Urf=E9's=20
"L'Astr=E9e," and =
Latin-American=20
Women Writers: Class, Race, and=20
Gender.
Peter N. Dunn is the =
Hollis=20
Professor of Romance Languages and =
Literatures,=20
Emeritus, at Connecticut's Wesleyan =
University=20
and the author of Castillo =
Sol=F3rzano and the=20
Decline of the Spanish Novel, =
Fernando=20
de Rojas, The Spanish =
Picaresque=20
Novel, and Spanish Picaresque =
Fiction:=20
A New Literary History. =
THE UTOPIAN NEXUS IN =
DON=20
QUIXOTE
by Myriam Yvonne =
Jehenson=20
and Peter N. Dunn
216 pages, 6 x 9, index, =
bibliography,=20
appendices
Cloth $59.95 =
(0-8265-1517-7)=20
Paper $29.95 =
(0-8265-1518-5)=20
Publication Date: July =
10,=20
2006
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY =
PRESS
To order THE=20
UTOPIAN NEXUS IN DON QUIXOTE, call=20
1-800-627-7377, stop by your local =
bookstore, or=20
visit our=20
website.
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