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Exposes the cultural roots of Spanish fascism.

Quixotism explores how a group of Spanish intellectuals, writing during the time of Restoration Spain (1876–1931), incorporated the figure of Don Quixote into an on-going debate on Spanish national and imperial decadence and used this figure to promote a nationalistic and jingoistic formula for national-imperial regeneration. Commonly known as the Generation of ’98, these writers turned Spain’s military defeat at the hands of an emerging American empire into a moral victory. Christopher Britt Arredondo uses the term Quixotism to denote a premodern heroic ideal centered on the figure of Don Quixote as he explores these writers. Here, he shows how Ganivet turns Quixote into a spiritual conquistador; Unamuno, into a tragic messiah; Maeztu, into a smiling priest; and Ortega, into a paternalistic master. Quixotism is a new critical category of political and cultural relevance, not only for fin-de-siècle Spain and the National-Catholic Spain of the Franco era, but also the democratic, postmodern Spain of today.

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Exposes the cultural roots of Spanish fascism.
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Christopher Britt Arredondo is Assistant Professor of Spanish at The George Washington University.

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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Critical examination of a group of Spanish writers (the "Generation of '98", including Ganivet, Unamuno, Maeztu, & Ortega) used Cervantes' Don Quixote in various ways to promote national regeneration in an era of decline & decadence, 1876-1931.The author notes he writes in part to expose & denounce the intellectual roots of Spanish fascism & its ongoing influence in modern Spain. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, as issued. Light wear, tiny nick to spine, near fine. Text clean; viii, 266 pages; index, notes. Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # w0292

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