Cervantes, Technology, and the Novel by Cory A. Reed - 9781487566036

University of Toronto Press

Cervantes, Technology, and the NovelAn Aesthetic of Instrumentality in Don Quixote\nAuthor(s): Cory A. Reed\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487566036, 978-1487566036\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the technological and scientific imagery in Cervantess novel, Don Quixote, and the ways in which the Scientific Revolution participated in the authors examination of early modern European culture during a time of crisis and change.\nCervantess representation of technology not only documents the cultural dynamics of the transition between medieval scholasticism and early modern empiricism in Spain but also celebrates the agency of the individual to effect change in the world. Machines in Don Quixote often function as the would-be knights nemesis, playing a role in foiling his quest to revive a mythical, pre-technological Golden Age. They also appear as ingenious devices that straddle the border between magic.