Don Quixote in England
the aesthetics of laughter
by Ronald Paulson
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Seldom has a single book, much less a translation, so deeply affected English literature as did the translation of Cervantes' Don Quixote in 1612. The comic novel inspired drawings, plays, sermons, and other translations, making the name of the Knight of la Mancha as familiar as any folk character in English lore.
In this comprehensive study of the reception and conversion of Don Quixote in England, Ronald Paulson highlights the qualities of the novel that most attracted English imitators. The English Don Quixote was not the same knight who meandered through Spain or found a place in other translations throughout Europe. The English Don Quixote found employment in all sorts of specifically English ways, not excluding the political uses to which a Spanish fool could be turned.
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Appreciation, British Aesthetics, Comedy, Empiricism, English literature, History and criticism, Influence, Intellectual life, Cervantes saavedra, miguel de, 1547-1616, English literature, history and criticism, 18th century, Aesthetics, british, Great britain, intellectual life, Don quixote (fictitious character)Places
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Don Quixote in England: the aesthetics of laughter
1998, Johns Hopkins University Press
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Don Quixote in England: The Aesthetics of Laughter
December 1, 1997, The Johns Hopkins University Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-231) and index.
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