{"product_id":"9781442696778","title":"Cervantes, Literature and the Discourse of Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is the role of literature in the formation  of the state? Anthony J. Cascardi takes up this fundamental question in \u003cem\u003eCervantes,  Literature, and the Discourse of Politics\u003c\/em\u003e, a comprehensive analysis of the presence of politics in \u003cem\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e. Cascardi argues that when  public speech is constrained, as it was in seventeenth-century Spain, politics  must be addressed through indirect forms including comedy, myth, and  travellers' tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCervantes, Literature, and the  Discourse of Politics\u003c\/em\u003e convincingly  re-engages the ancient roots of political theory in modern literature by situating Cervantes within a long  line of political thinkers. Cascardi notably connects Cervantes's political  theory to Plato's, much as the writer's literary criticism has been firmly linked  to Aristotle's. He also shows how  Cervantes's view of literature provided a compelling alternative to the  modern, scientific politics of Machiavelli and Hobbes, highlighting the  potential interplay of literature and politics in an ideal state.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128465866992,"sku":"9781442696778","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442696778_p0.jpg?v=1763807843","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442696778","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}