{"product_id":"myths-of-modern-individualism-faust-don-quixote-don-juan-robinson-crusoe-9780521585644","title":"Myths of Modern Individualism: Faust, Don Quixote, Don Juan, Robinson Crusoe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Myths of Modern Individualism, the renowned critic Ian Watt treats Don Juan, Don Quixote, Faust, and Robinson Crusoe as individualists, pursuing their own views of what they should be. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original Counter-Reformation myths saw the individualism of Don Juan, Don Quixote, and Faust as a problem to be quelled by death or mockery. However, the Romantic period, a time more favorably disposed toward myth, saw their dissension not as unacceptable disorder, but rather as admirable and heroic behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis incisive study traces attitudes toward these figures and the Romantic product Robinson Crusoe from disapproval to awe to skepticism, examining them as icons of such problems as solitude, narcissism, and the claims of the self versus the claims of the community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePointedly, none of these figures marries or has a lasting relationship, save for the selfless devotion of a single male servant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatt argues that the myths of Don Juan, Don Quixote, Faust, and Robinson Crusoe remain the distinctive products of Western society, embodying the most basic values of modern culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Watt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.47h x 5.41w x 0.86d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521585644\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40036167843955,"sku":"0521585643","price":56.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_3a262a35-3eab-4331-b74d-583a2d79d629.jpg?v=1650927825","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/myths-of-modern-individualism-faust-don-quixote-don-juan-robinson-crusoe-9780521585644","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}