The Practice of Quixotism : Postmodern Theory and Eighteenth-Century Women Writing

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Using postmodern theory, The Practice of Quixotism explores eighteenth-century women's texts that use quixote narratives, which typically demand that individuals purge their minds of internalized fictions to insist instead that the reality we encounter is inevitably mediated by the texts we have read. Abstract: Using postmodern theory, The Practice of Quixotism explores eighteenth-century women's texts that use quixote narratives, which typically demand that individuals purge their minds of internalized fictions to insist instead that the reality we encounter is inevitably mediated by the texts we have read. Read more... Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Introduction: The Quixote Trope (Scott Paul Gordon)....Pages 1-10 Historicizing Quixote and the Scandal of Quixotism (Scott Paul Gordon)....Pages 11-40 Charlotte Lennox’s Female Quixote and Orthodox Quixotism (Scott Paul Gordon)....Pages 41-66 Suspicion and Experience in Sarah Fielding’s David Simple (Scott Paul Gordon)....Pages 67-91 Mary Wortley Montagu and the Quixotic Dream of Objectivity (Scott Paul Gordon)....Pages 93-116 Quixotic Perception in Sophia Lee’s The Recess (Scott Paul Gordon)....Pages 117-140 Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho and the Practice of Quixotism (Scott Paul Gordon)....Pages 141-166 Epilogue: Beyond Quixotism?: Quixotism and Contemporary Theory (Scott Paul Gordon)....Pages 167-185 Back Matter ....Pages 187-240