{"product_id":"9780199273157","title":"Quixotic Fictions of the USA 1792-1815","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuixotic Fictions of the USA 1792-1815\u003c\/em\u003e explores the conflicted and conflicting interpretations of \u003cem\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e available to and deployed by disenchanted writers of America's new republic. It argues that the legacy of \u003cem\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e provided an ambiguous cultural icon and ironic narrative stance that enabled authors to critique with impunity the ideological fictions shoring up their fractured republic. Close readings of works such as \u003cem\u003eModern Chivalry\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFemale Quixotism\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Algerine Captive\u003c\/em\u003e reveal that the fiction from this period repeatedly engaged with Cervantes's narrative in order to test competing interpretations of republicanism, to interrogate the new republic's multivalent crises of authority, and to question both the possibility and the desirability of an isolationist USA and an autonomous \"American\" literature. \u003cp\u003eSarah Wood's study is the first book-length publication to examine the role of \u003cem\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e in early American literature. Exploring the extent to which the literary culture of North America was shaped by a diverse range of influences, it addresses an issue of growing concern to scholars of American history and literature. \u003cem\u003eQuixotic Fictions\u003c\/em\u003e reaffirms the global reach of Cervantes's influence and explores the complex, contradictory ways in which \u003cem\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e helped shape American fiction at a formative moment in its development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016631861488,"sku":"9780199273157","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780199273157_p0.jpg?v=1763670425","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780199273157","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}