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Quixotic Fictions of the USA, 1792-1815.(Book review)
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Early American Literature
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January 1, 2008
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- Scanlan, Thomas
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Quixotic Fictions of the USA, 1792-1815
SARAH F. WOOD
New York: Oxford University Press, 2005
xiv, 295 pp.
In her straightforwardly tided study, Sarah F. Wood explores the influence of Cervantes's magnum opus on American letters during the early national period. While Don Quixote has, of course, received an enormous amount of critical attention from scholars working in a range of fields, Wood reminds us that hers is the first book-length study to explore in a systematic fashion the role that Don Quixote played in American literature written during the early national period. As most of us who work in the field can attest, references to Don Quixote are ...
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