TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lorca,Daniel
TI  - Neo-Stoicism and Skepticism in Part One of Don Quijote: Removing the Authority of a Genre
SN  - 9781498522663
AV  - PQ6337 -- .L673 2016eb 
U1  - 863.3 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Blue Ridge Summit
PB  - Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
KW  - Stoics in literature
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: How Did Cervantes Remove the Authority of a Genre? -- Chapter Two: The Skeptical Story of Don Quijote and Don Quijote's Dogmatism -- Chapter Three: Neo-Stoicism and Don Quijote's Lack of Justice -- Chapter Four: Marcela, the Fictional Sage in Part I of Don Quijote -- Chapter Five: Don Quijote, Neo-Stoicism, and the Philosophy of the Late Enlightenment -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index
N2  - This book explains how Cervantes took advantage of the moral aspects of neo-stoicism and skepticism to remove the authority of the romances of chivalry, which was a popular genre during his time. By comparing and contrasting current moral systems to the moral theories of Cervantes's time, the book also explains why his strategy, which would have been instantly recognizable during the period, is no longer effective
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