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Author:   Cory A. Reed
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Volume:   98
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9781487566036

ISBN 10:   1487566034
Pages:   322
Publication Date:   15 December 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Ingenious Revolutions: Early Modern Science and a Hermeneutics of Technology 1.1 Scientific Revolutions and Shifting Paradigms 1.2 Bridging Art and Science: The Theatrum Mechanorum and the Aesthetics of Mechanical Innovation 1.3 A Hermeneutics of Technology 2. Shifting Paradigms: Don Quixote’s Confrontations with Technology 2.2 The Adventure of the Windmills: Don Quixote’s Normative Paradigm 2.3 The Adventure of the Fulling Mills: Paradigmatic Instability 2.4 The Adventure of the Enchanted Boat: A Paradigm in Crisis 3 Enchanting Devices: Fabricating Illusion and Revealing Truth 3.1 Automata, Puppets, and Machines of Theatre 3.2 Technologies of Communication 4 An Aesthetic of Instrumentality 4.1 Instrumentality and Empire: Navigation, Cosmography, and Artillery 4.2 Instrumentality and the Individual: Cervantes’s Praise of Agency Notes Works Cited

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Cory A. Reed is an associate professor of Spanish literature and culture at the University of Texas at Austin.

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