Cervantes and Ariosto Renewing Fiction |
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| Author:
| Hart, Thomas R. |
| Series title: | Princeton Essays in Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-63631-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2016 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $87.00 |
Book Description:
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Thomas Hart examines Erich Auerbach's contention that Don Quixote is not a tragedy but a comedy and suggests that Auerbach's view was shaped by his reading of Ariosto's chivalric romance Orlando furioso. At the same time Hart argues that neither Don Quixote nor Orlando furioso is so free from political intention as Auerbach believed they were. He d
Thomas Hart examines Erich Auerbach's contention that Don Quixote is not a tragedy but a comedy and suggests that Auerbach's view was shaped by his reading of Ariosto's chivalric romance Orlando furioso. At the same time Hart argues that neither Don Quixote nor Orlando furioso is so free from political intention as Auerbach believed they were. He d