Don Quixote

Buch | Softcover
800 Seiten
1992
Wordsworth Editions Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85326-036-0 (ISBN)

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Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes
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Cervantes' tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant have found its way into films, cartoons and even computer games. Intended as a parody of the most popular escapist fiction, the 'books of chivalry', this precursor of the modern novel broadened and deepened into a sophisticated, comic account of the contradictions of human nature.
Translated by P. A. Motteux


With an Introduction and Notes by Stephen Boyd, University College, Cork


Cervantes’ tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant, tilts at windmills and battles with sheep in the service of the lady of his dreams, Dulcinea del Toboso, has fascinated generations of readers, and inspired other creative artists such as Flaubert, Picasso and Richard Strauss. The tall, thin knight and his short, fat squire, Sancho Panza, have found their way into films, cartoons and even computer games.


Supposedly intended as a parody of the most popular escapist fiction of the day, the ‘books of chivalry’, this precursor of the modern novel broadened and deepened into a sophisticated, comic account of the contradictions of human nature. On his ‘heroic’ journey Don Quixote meets characters of every class and condition, from the prostitute Maritornes, who is commended for her Christian charity, to the Knight of the Green Coat, who seems to embody some of the constraints of virtue.


Cervantes’ greatest work can be enjoyed on many levels, all suffused with a subtle irony that reaches out to encompass the reader, and does not leave the author outside its circle.


Peter Motteux’s fine eighteenth-century translation, acknowledged as one of the best, brilliantly succeeds in communicating the spirit of the original Spanish.

Translated by P.A. Motteaux. Introduction and Notes by Stephen Boyd, University College, Cork

Erscheint lt. Verlag 5.5.1992
Reihe/Serie Wordsworth Classics
Einführung Stephen Boyd
Mitarbeit Herausgeber (Serie): Dr Keith Carabine
Übersetzer P.A. Motteaux
Verlagsort Herts
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Gewicht 490 g
Themenwelt Literatur Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
Literatur Zweisprachige Ausgaben Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10 1-85326-036-3 / 1853260363
ISBN-13 978-1-85326-036-0 / 9781853260360
Zustand Neuware
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