Don quixote

Informationen zum Autor Translated by P.A. Motteaux. Introduction and Notes by Stephen Boyd! University College! Cork Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: M. Cervantes, Miguel Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes, Cervantes Miguel, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel De Cervantes, Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
• Assisted by: P. A. Motteaux (Translation), P.A. Motteaux (Translation), P. A. Motteux (Translation), Keith Carabine (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Wordsworth
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.1992
• EAN: 9781853260360
• ISBN: 978-1-85326-036-0
• No. of pages: 800
• Dimensions: 125 mm x 198 mm x 40 mm
• Series: Wordsworth Classics; Wordsworth Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Fiction in translation, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Classic fiction: general and literary