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Don Quijote de la Mancha / Don Quijote of La Mancha
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"En la poca en que vio la luz, el Quijote estuvo lejos de gozar la veneracin que hoy le tributamos. La popularidad del libro fue inmediata e inmensa, pero no parece que debiera gran cosa a las sutiles, matizadas virtudes que subrayan los crticos modernos. Una risa loca, una risa a mandbula batiente, fue el principal homenaje que rindi a Cervantes la Espaa de Felipe III. Llamaban la atencin los rasgos estrafalarios: la pinta del pobre hidalgo, los momentos ms toscos del escudero, la flaqueza hiperblica de Rocinante... El nfasis en las dimensiones cmicas y en la comprensin de la obra como "invectiva contra los libros de caballeras" no significa que el siglo XVII no le apreciara otros atractivos, apareciendo el protagonista no nicamente como un tipo delirante y divertido, sino que en su misma locura encontr rasgos positivos, ejemplares. El Quijote no es uno de esos libros compuestos unitariamente en un golpe de inspiracin y luego revisados en una o varias etapas de labor minuciosa hasta ajustar impecablemente cada detalle al conjunto. Es un libro vivo, que se hace continuamente, que a cada paso crece y va a ms." -Del prlogo de Francisco Rico ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A new edition of Don Quixote, an international literature masterpiece, in the care of Francisco Rico, a Spanish philologist and historian. Includes additional complementary material, bibliographies, academic texts, and references. "At the time when Don Quixote was first published, its success fell far from the respect and admiration that the work enjoys today. The book's popularity was immediate and vast. Some of its peculiar features stand out: the appearance of the poor nobleman, the squire's roughest moments, Rocinante's hyperbolic weakness... Considering the emphasis on the comic dimensions of the work and understanding it as a piece that went against the preconceived idea of chivalry books, does not mean that the seventeenth century did not appreciate other of its allures like, the protagonist appearing not only as a delusional and funny type, but in his same madness found positive and exemplary traits.
Don Quixote is not one of those books composed by a single stroke of inspiration and then revised in a couple of stages of meticulous work until every detail is perfectly adjusted to achieve a perfect final work. It is a living book, which is continually remade, one that grows and grows with each step." --From the prologue by Francisco Rico
"En la poca en que vio la luz, el Quijote estuvo lejos de gozar la veneracin que hoy le tributamos. La popularidad del libro fue inmediata e inmensa, pero no parece que debiera gran cosa a las sutiles, matizadas virtudes que subrayan los crticos modernos. Una risa loca, una risa a mandbula batiente, fue el principal homenaje que rindi a Cervantes la Espaa de Felipe III. Llamaban la atencin los rasgos estrafalarios: la pinta del pobre hidalgo, los momentos ms toscos del escudero, la flaqueza hiperblica de Rocinante... El nfasis en las dimensiones cmicas y en la comprensin de la obra como "invectiva contra los libros de caballeras" no significa que el siglo XVII no le apreciara otros atractivos, apareciendo el protagonista no nicamente como un tipo delirante y divertido, sino que en su misma locura encontr rasgos positivos, ejemplares. El Quijote no es uno de esos libros compuestos unitariamente en un golpe de inspiracin y luego revisados en una o varias etapas de labor minuciosa hasta ajustar impecablemente cada detalle al conjunto. Es un libro vivo, que se hace continuamente, que a cada paso crece y va a ms." -Del prlogo de Francisco Rico ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A new edition of Don Quixote, an international literature masterpiece, in the care of Francisco Rico, a Spanish philologist and historian. Includes additional complementary material, bibliographies, academic texts, and references. "At the time when Don Quixote was first published, its success fell far from the respect and admiration that the work enjoys today. The book's popularity was immediate and vast. Some of its peculiar features stand out: the appearance of the poor nobleman, the squire's roughest moments, Rocinante's hyperbolic weakness... Considering the emphasis on the comic dimensions of the work and understanding it as a piece that went against the preconceived idea of chivalry books, does not mean that the seventeenth century did not appreciate other of its allures like, the protagonist appearing not only as a delusional and funny type, but in his same madness found positive and exemplary traits.
Don Quixote is not one of those books composed by a single stroke of inspiration and then revised in a couple of stages of meticulous work until every detail is perfectly adjusted to achieve a perfect final work. It is a living book, which is continually remade, one that grows and grows with each step." --From the prologue by Francisco Rico
Paperback
$17.00