Title from container. Release date supplied by publisher. Recording originally produced by Crescite Group, LLC, p2014. Compact disc. In container (17 cm.). "8 lectures"--Container. Lecture given by Ilan Stavans.
Contents:
Cervantes and the age of chivalry -- The novel: structure and motifs -- An unlikely couple: Don Quixote and Sancho -- Dulcinea: the platonic lover -- The baroque style: the eye looks at itself -- The limits of humor -- The idology of Quixotism -- Don Quixote's successors.
Summary:
Stavans explores Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote de la Mancha's impact within Renaissance Spain and discusses Cervante's career as a soldier, tax collector, and failed playwright. He also focuses on the baroque style and the way Spain has built its national identity around Don Quixote.
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