Title: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (Paperback, 1992) New Book Free UK Postage
Description:
Don Quixote
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
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.
Key Features
Author(s) Miguel de Cervantes
Publisher Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Date of Publication 05/05/1992
Language(s) English
Format Paperback
ISBN-10 1853260363
ISBN-13 9781853260360
Genre General & Literary Fiction
Series Title Wordsworth Classics
Publication Data
Place of Publication Herts
Country of Publication United Kingdom
Imprint Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Dimensions
Weight 490 g
Width 129 mm
Height 198 mm
Spine 40 mm
Pagination 800
Credits
Translated by P. A. Motteaux
Series Edited by Dr. Keith Carabine
Editorial Details
Format Details B-format paperback