Don Quixote

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WORDSWORTH CLASSICS
Don Quixote
CERVANTES
Translated by R 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 vyith sheep in the service of the lady
of his dreamsTDulcinea del Toboso, has fascinated generations of
readers, and inspired otljer creative artists such as Flaubert, Picasso
and Richard Strauss, Yhe tali, 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 com-
mended for her Christian charity, to the... Tovább

Fülszöveg

WORDSWORTH CLASSICS
Don Quixote
CERVANTES
Translated by R 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 vyith sheep in the service of the lady
of his dreamsTDulcinea del Toboso, has fascinated generations of
readers, and inspired otljer creative artists such as Flaubert, Picasso
and Richard Strauss, Yhe tali, 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 com-
mended 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. Vissza