{"product_id":"novel-friendships-and-community-in-marsha-s-collins-9781032983226","title":"Novel Friendships and Community in Cervantes's \"Don Quixote\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eNovel Friendships and Community in Cervantes's \"Don Quixote\" analyzes \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote \u003c\/i\u003ethrough the critical lens of friendship studies. Turning a critical spotlight on the friendship between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, this book examines the formation, growth, and dynamics of their friendship as the nucleus of the first modern novel in the West and the source of the work's enduring power. \u003ci\u003eNovel Friendships \u003c\/i\u003ealso examines the theme of amity in relation to the evolving concept of community as a throughline in Cervantes's fiction--before, during, and after \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e. This book shows the power of the arts, especially storytelling, to build friendships and foster community, and highlights how Cervantes deploys fiction to cultivate his readers' sense of friendship and to create a community of readers. \u003ci\u003eNovel Friendships \u003c\/i\u003esuggests that today's readers may find Cervantes's views on amity and community highly relevant to the contemporary world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marsha S. Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032983221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032983226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Marsha S. Collins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425593114879,"sku":"9781032983226","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e775db26-9c77-4a88-be1d-8800825da2d3.jpg?v=1761540284","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/novel-friendships-and-community-in-marsha-s-collins-9781032983226","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}