Don Quijote de la Mancha / Don Quijote of La Mancha

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quijote de la Mancha / Don Quijote of La Mancha
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers
Country
United States
Published
3 March 2020
Pages
1328
ISBN
9780593081426

Don Quijote de la Mancha / Don Quijote of La Mancha

Miguel de Cervantes

Una nueva edicion de Don Quijote de la Mancha, obra maestra del mundo de la literatura internacional, de la mano de Francisco Rico, filologo e historiador espanol. Incluye material adicional, bibliografias, textos academicos y referencias.

En la epoca en que vio la luz, el Quijote estuvo lejos de gozar la veneracion 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 criticos modernos. Una risa loca, una risa a mandibula batiente, fue el principal homenaje que rindio a Cervantes la Espana de Felipe III. Llamaban la atencion los rasgos estrafalarios: la pinta del pobre hidalgo, los momentos mas toscos del escudero, la flaqueza hiperbolica de Rocinante… El enfasis en las dimensiones comicas y en la comprension de la obra como invectiva contra los libros de caballerias no significa que el siglo XVII no le apreciara otros atractivos, apareciendo el protagonista no unicamente como un tipo delirante y divertido, sino que en su misma locura encontro rasgos positivos, ejemplares.

El Quijote no es uno de esos libros compuestos unitariamente en un golpe de inspiracion 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 mas. -Del prologo 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

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