Cervantes: Don Quixote
Author:   Anthony J. Close (University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date:   05 November 2015
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A study of Don Quixote in the context of Cervantes' life and literary career, and of the book's cultural and social background. It focuses primarily on the central problems of Cervantine comedy, the use of burlesque, the presentation of characters and the elusive irony.

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Author:   Anthony J. Close (University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
ISBN:  

9781139166027


ISBN 10:   1139166026
Publication Date:   05 November 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
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Chronology; Preface; Part I. Don Quixote's Premises, Structure Themes, and Basic Burlesque Methods: 1. Critical approaches; background; Cervantes's motives; 2. The basic burlesque formula; 3. The narrator's persona; 4. Empathetic parody; comic and satiric modes; 5. Form of Part I; its episodes; 6. Common nature; 7. Form of Part II; its episodes; Part II. The Personalities of Quixote and Sancho:1. Development through conversation; 2. Quixote's burlesque character; 3. The Sanchification of Panza; 4. Paradoxes of Part II; Quixote's disillusionment; 5. Quixote and Dulcinea; Part III. Don Quixote as Landmark; Guide to further reading.

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