Don Quixote

Publisher Marketing: Published in two volumes, 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. It has had major influence on the literary community, as evidenced by direct references in Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers (1844) and Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884). In a 2002 list, Don Quixote was cited as the "best literary work ever written." Don Quixote, fully titled The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha (Spanish: El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha), is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. It follows the adventures of Alonso Quijano, an hidalgo who reads so many chivalric novels that he decides to set out to revive chivalry, under the name Don Quixote. He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who often employs a unique, earthly wit in dealing with Don Quixote's rhetorical orations on antiquated knighthood. Don Quixote is met by the world as it is, initiating such themes as intertextuality, realism, metatheatre, and literary representation. Review Citations: Booklist 04/15/2009 pg. 50 (EAN 9780763640811, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 pg. 366 (EAN 9780763640811, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 883 (EAN 9780763640811, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 1051 (EAN 9780763640811, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1993 (EAN 9781564021748, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 03/01/1993 (EAN 9781564021748, Hardcover) Ingram Advance 05/01/2005 pg. 113 (EAN 9780060934347, Paperback) New York Times 05/22/2005 pg. 32 (EAN 9780060934347, Paperback) Books & Culture 09/01/2005 pg. 38 (EAN 9780060934347, Paperback) Atlantic Monthly 01/01/2004 pg. 185 (EAN 9780812972108, Mass Market Paperbound) Library Journal Prepub Alert 07/01/2003 pg. 56 (EAN 9780060188702, Hardcover) Library Journal 11/01/2003 pg. 122 (EAN 9780060188702, Hardcover) - *Starred Review New York Times 11/02/2003 pg. 15 (EAN 9780060188702, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 11/10/2003 pg. 44 (EAN 9780060188702, Hardcover) - *Starred Review New Yorker (The) 12/22/2003 pg. 148 (EAN 9780060188702, Hardcover) LJ Best Books of Year 01/01/2004 pg. 49 (EAN 9780060188702, Hardcover) Choice 06/01/2004 pg. 1885 (EAN 9780060188702, Hardcover) Library Journal 07/01/2003 (EAN 9780060188702, Hardcover) Booklist 02/01/1996 pg. 932 (EAN 9780192741653, Hardcover) School Library Journal 02/01/1996 pg. 105 (EAN 9780192741653, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1995 pg. 59 (EAN 9780192741653, Hardcover) Newsweek 02/09/2009 pg. 17 (EAN 9780451527868, Mass Market Paperbound) Newsweek 03/17/2008 pg. 14 (EAN 9780679407584, Hardcover) Newsweek 04/20/2009 pg. 10 (EAN 9780679407584, Hardcover) Foreword 11/21/2012 (EAN 9781477401194, Paperback) Library Journal 10/15/2011 pg. 48 (EAN 9781843794097, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Audio File 10/01/2011 pg. 42 (EAN 9781843794097, Compact Disc) Contributor Bio:  de Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 -1616) Es considerado la maxima figura de la literatura espanola y universalmente conocido por haber escrito Don Quijote de la Mancha, que muchos criticos han descrito como la primera novela moderna y una de las mejores obras de la literatura universal. En 1605 publica la primera parte del Quijote, pero el exito dura poco. En sus ultimos anos publica las "Novelas ejemplares" (1613), el "Viaje del Parnaso" (1614), "Ocho comedias y ocho entremeses" (1615) y la segunda parte del Quijote (1615). El triunfo literario no lo libro de sus penurias economicas. Dedico sus ultimos meses de vida a "Los trabajos de Persiles y Segismunda" (de publicacion postuma, en 1617). Murio en Madrid el 23 de abril de 1616 y fue enterrado de caridad. Contributor Bio:  Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616) a ete soldat aux ordres de Don Juan d'Autriche. Grande figure de la litterature espagnole, il ecrit surtout des comedies ou il fait reference a son experience de soldat et de bagnard. Il publie la premiere partie de "Don Quichotte" a l'age de cinquante-sept ans.