Quixotes, Imitations, and Transatlantic Genres.

This article discusses how quixotic writers on either side of the Atlantic used transformative imitative technique to address a critical issue of transnational imitation and to foreground national and gender differences. The author states that the three writing practices he discussed suggest that there is a history of writing which invites further work. The author also consider the requirements of the construction of autochthonous and original national literatures.