Don Quixote (eBook)

Miguel de Cervantes (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
992 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-82969-2 (ISBN)

Infos

A parody of chivalric romances, this story of an elderly knight and his loyal squire offers a strikingly modern narrative that also reflects the historical realities of 17th-century Spain.

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Hailed by Dostoyevsky as "e;The final and greatest utterance of the human mind,"e; Don Quixote constitutes a founding work of modern Western literature. Cervantes' masterpiece has been translated into more than sixty languages, and the novel's fantasy-driven "e;knight,"e; Don Quixote, and his loyal squire, Sancho Panza, rank among fiction's most recognized characters. Their adventures have been interpreted for film, opera, and ballet, and they head a cast of characters that comprises a diverse array of beliefs and perspectives, reflecting the historical realities of seventeenth-century Spain. Within its absorbing re-creation of the world during Cervantes' time, this parody of chivalric romances and epic of heroic idealism forms a strikingly contemporary narrative. The author is often credited with inventing the concept of the novel, addressing himself to the readers rather than the characters or the action. This edition of his landmark work presents the acclaimed 1755 Tobias Smollett translation.

Autor

Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) fought against the Ottoman Empire and was wounded at the Battle of Lepanto. Captured by pirates, he was enslaved for five years until a ransom secured his release. While working as a civil servant, he produced poetry and plays that were largely ignored but the 1605 publication of part I of Don Quixote, followed by the 1615 publication of part II, ensured his lasting fame.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.3.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels
• Übersetzer: Tobias Smollett
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: 17th century spain • action and adventure • adam driver • America's 100 Most-Loved Novels • America's Favorite Books • Barbara Bush • Best Novel • bokklubben world library • chelsea clinton • chivalry • chivlary • Classic • classics • Don Quijote • elderly knight • favorite books • Fiction • first novel • Gabrielle Union • Gayle King • George R. R. Martin • great american read • heroic idealism • hidalgo • historical realities • influential work of literature • ingenioso hidalgo don quijote de la mancha • Intertextuality • Jason Reynolds • Jenna Bush • John Green • jonathan pryce • Junot Diaz • justice to the world • knighthood • knightly story • Lauren Graham • Literary • Literature • loyal squire • Margaret Atwood • Meredith Vieira • Metatheater • modern western literature • Morgan Freeman • movies based on books • nobleman • Novel • olga kurylenko • PBS • pbs documentary • PBS series • PBS's The Great American Read • Realism • rhetorical orations • Sancho Panza • Sarah Jessica Parker • Shaquille O'Neal • simple farmer • Spain • spaniard • Spanish • Spanish Golden Age • spanish novel • squire • Stellan Skarsgard • Terry Gilliam • The Great American Read • the ingenious nobleman mister quixote of la mancha • the man who killed don quixote • Western literature • windmill • wooden windmill
• ISBN-10: 0-486-82969-3 / 0486829693
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-82969-2 / 9780486829692