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- Title
‘El curioso impertinente’ as Empiricism’s Folly.
- Authors
MCCALLISTER, TIMOTHY A.
- Abstract
This article proposes a new model for interpreting ‘El curioso impertinente’, the interpolated novela in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (1605). After underscoring the difficulties of relating the Quijote to sixteenth-century scepticism, I show how the ‘Curioso’ is ideal for a treatment of epistemological questions. I argue that the novela gives fictional life to an epistemology of experimentation similar to what Francis Bacon presents in The Advancement of Learning (1605). In The Advancement of Learning, Bacon warns against the dangers of applying his empirical methods to questions of faith. ‘El curioso impertinente’ shows that these concerns are justified.
- Subjects
INGENIOUS Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, The (Book); CERVANTES Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616; THEORY of knowledge; CLASSICAL Period Spanish literature; FAITH in literature; EMPIRICISM in literature; LITERARY criticism; SPANISH literature
- Publication
Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (1475-3839), 2014, Vol 91, Issue 5, p477
- ISSN
1475-3839
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.3828/bhs.2014.30