Critical Images
Subtitle: The Canonization of Don Quixote Through Illustrated Editions of the Eighteenth Century
Publisher: McGuill-Queen's University Press
Published: June 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780773517547
Subjects: Cultural studies; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Novels, other prose & writers: 16th to 18th centuries; Illustration Of Books; Spanish Novel And Short Story; Art & Art Instruction; Spanish; Literary Criticism; Portugal; Spain; General; European - Spanish & Portuguese; 1547-1616; Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de,; Don Quixote; Illustrations
Description: Rachel Schmidt's exploration of the impact of illustrations of the text on the literary reception of Don Quixote analyses both Spanish and English illustrated editions, including those by Jose del Castillo, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. William Hogarth, John Vanderbank, and Francis Hayman.

She explores several iconographic traditions represented in the illustrations - the burlesque, the satirical, and the sentimental - demonstrating the intriguing variety of historical readings that surround interpretations of Don Quixote. Schmidt's analysis also illuminates canon formation, visual semiotics, and the impact of visual media on public opinion.