This is an auction for THE ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA by Miguel de Cervantes.

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"DON QUIXOTE is a novel written by Miguel de Cervantes. The novel follows the adventures of Alonso Quijano, who reads too many chivalric novels, and sets out to revive chivalry under the name of Don Quixote. He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who frequently deals with Don Quixote's rhetorical orations on antiquated knighthood with a unique Earthy wit. He is met by the world as it is, initiating themes like intertextuality, realism, metatheatre and literary representation. Published in two volumes a decade apart, in 1605 and 1615, DON QUIXOTE is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature, and one of the earliest canonical novels, it regularly appears high on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published. In one such list, DON QUIXOTE was cited as the "best literary work ever written". The novel's structure is in episodic form. It is written in the picaresco style of the late sixteenth century, and features reference other picaresque novels including Lazarillo de Tormes and The Golden Ass. The novel takes place over a long period of time, including many adventures all united by common themes of the nature of reality, reading, and dialogue in general . . . "

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Harvard University hardback.

Undated.

519 pages.

Very good condition.

The cost of shipping is $4.95 or $6.95 for tracked mail. If you are on rural delivery and want tracked mail, the shipping cost will be $9.95.

There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.

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