William Egginton

David Castillo

The attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 was a tragic illustration of the existential threat that the viral spread of disinformation poses in the age of social media and twenty-four-hour news. From climate change denialism to the frenzied conspiracy theories and racist mythologies that fuel antidemocratic white nationalist movements in the United States and abroad, What Would Cervantes Do? is a lucid meditation on the key role the humanities must play in dissecting and combatting all forms of disinformation. David Castillo and William Egginton travel back to the early modern period, the first age of inflationary media, in search of historically tested strategies to overcome disinformation and shed light on our post-truth market. Through a series of critical conversations between cultural icons of the twenty-first century and those of the Spanish Golden Age, What Would Cervantes Do? provides a tour-de-force commentary on current politics and popular culture. Offering a diverse range of Cervantist comparative readings of contemporary cultural texts –movies, television shows, and infotainment – alongside ideas and issues from literary and cultural texts of early modern Spain, Castillo and Egginton present a new way of unpacking the logic of contemporary media. What Would Cervantes Do? is an urgent and timely self-help manual for literary scholars and humanists of all stripes, and a powerful toolkit for reality literacy.

Navigating Post-Truth with Spanish Baroque Literature

What Would Cervantes Do?

The attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 was a tragic illustration of the existential threat that the viral spread of disinformation poses in the age of social media and twenty-four-hour news. From climate change denialism to the frenzied conspiracy theories and racist mythologies that fuel antidemocratic white nationalist movements in the United States and abroad, What Would Cervantes Do? is a lucid meditation on the key role the humanities must play in dissecting and combatting all forms of disinformation. David Castillo and William Egginton travel back to the early modern period, the first age of inflationary media, in search of historically tested strategies to overcome disinformation and shed light on our post-truth market. Through a series of critical conversations between cultural icons of the twenty-first century and those of the Spanish Golden Age, What Would Cervantes Do? provides a tour-de-force commentary on current politics and popular culture. Offering a diverse range of Cervantist comparative readings of contemporary cultural texts – movies, television shows, and infotainment – alongside ideas and issues from literary and cultural texts of early modern Spain, Castillo and Egginton present a new way of unpacking the logic of contemporary media. What Would Cervantes Do? is an urgent and timely self-help manual for literary scholars and humanists of all stripes, and a powerful toolkit for reality literacy.

I, David, was in the world without knowing about the salvation that God gives in the forgiveness of sins. In Brawley C.A. with the prayers of a Christian group, I received the Lord Jesus as my only savior asking for God’s forgiveness I became a Christian since January of 2005. Just a couple days after I accepted our Lord Jesus as my only savior, I was walking at the north-west side of Brawley which is Westmorland C.A. I was alone facing the sky and talking to the Lord Jesus, at that night I have a spiritual experience, the Holy Spirit came on me, and as I overjoyed of his grace facing the sky I feel his voice (with no sound) together with the bits of my heart saying; “comeback” I heard it four times, and as I tried to speak not understanding what really was meaning, the holy spirit leaded me to the ground that I couldn’t move and the grace of the Lord was stronger over me, I was feeling his voice (with no sound) together with the bits of my heart saying the same words another four times; “come back” and as I could I responded Him that I will, at that very moment all of it disappear like if it was slowly dissolving from me. I admit that I did not understand what the Lord Jesus Christ was meaning to tell me, but I must say that from that very moment my life drastically changed, I was not a biblical reader, reading or writing was not my ability, but I became one as I learned to be a true Christian, but still did not understood the true meaning of God’s words, and years came to pass, the world was not the same to me, it became worst, but I grew in the faith stronger and stronger. In November of 2008 I moved from Richmond V.A. to Raleigh N.C. after many days I met a Christian family, I was in love with them but I knew that I couldn’t stay longer for I’d have more enemies than friends, something difficult to explain but easy to understand, at that time I was down in faith and losing hope before I met them, now they are an important part in my life even though I couldn’t tell them how much I loved them I know they will know this someday, while I was with them in their church they convinced me to be baptized in order to completely be in God’s word and in his love! In the name of the Lord it was done, just before I leave Raleigh N.C. and I leave with no chance to say goodbye but I am thankful to them. As years came to pass I found my purpose, as a believer I’d have pass so many test in the word of God, I believed in a glorious day, and I have forgotten my enemies and asking for the forgiveness of my God, everywhere I go I carry on this purpose, I genteelly fight against the unbelievers with the sword of God, and I defeated them with the only purpose to lead them to see the truth, but the message is not about my life at all, just let you know that I am here for you. I’ve lost most of me and so many doors were closed to me by carry on my testimony that God gave me to give to his holy church, I’ve being test by the Lord’s will, but because everything is ready, this is my testimony that I must finish in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth; “three days and one night” amen! Dedicated to my holy family in Jesus Christ, from Abraham to everyone in this last days, be blessed and the grace of the Lord be with you all, this is my only wish, and as peter say, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you”.

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David A. Reilly

Zombie Talk offers a concise, interdisciplinary introduction and deep analytical set of theoretical approaches to help readers understand the phenomenon of zombies in contemporary and modern culture. With essays that combine Humanities and Social Science methodologies, the authors examine the zombie through an array of cultural products from different periods and geographical locations: films ranging from White Zombie (1932) to the pioneering films of George Romero, television shows like AMC's The Walking Dead, to literary offerings such as Richard Matheson's I am Legend (1954) and Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride, Prejudice and Zombies (2009), among others.

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