A companion to Don Quixote
By: Anthony Close.
Series: Colección Támesis. Serie A, Monografías ; 262
Publisher: Tamesis
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Woodbridge, UK; Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781855661707
Subjects: Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, -- 1547-1616
Description: The purpose of this book is to help the English-speaking reader, with an interest in Spanish literature but without specialised knowledge of Cervantes, to understand his long and complex masterpiece: its major themes, its structure, and the inter-connections between its component parts. Beginning from a review of 'Don Quixote's' relation to Cervantes's life, literary career, and its social and cultural context, Anthony Close goes on to examine the structure and distinctive nature of Part I (1605) and Part II (1615), the conception of the characters of Don Quixote and Sancho, Cervantes's word-play and narrative manner, and the historical evolution of posterity's interpretation of the novel, with particular attention to its influence on the theory of the genre.--From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-279) and index.