The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote

Name: The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote
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Works of Tobias Smollett

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This volume presents Tobias Smollett's translation of Cervantes's ""Don Quixote"" in the form most faithful to Smollett's own intentions. Smollett's work first appeared in 1755 and was for many years the most popular English-language version of Cervantes's text. However, soon after the turn of the nineteenth century rival translators and scholers initiated a variety of charges against Smollett - even plagiarism. Its reputation was again restored in 1986 when the Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes declared it to be ""the authentic vernacular version"" of ""Don Quixote"" in English. The introduction to this work discusses the composition, publication, and controversial reception of this work, while the commentary provides cross references to the other works and illustrates Smollett's originality or dependance on other versions. Also included is a complete textual aparatus, a glossary of unfamiliar terms, and an appendix comparing Francis Hayman's original illustrations with the engraved renderings used in the book.

Author Biography:

Martin C. Battestin is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Virginia. Among other publications, he has edited the novels of Henry Fielding for the authoritative Wesleyan Edition, and he is the author of Fielding's biography. O M Brack Jr. is a professor of English and director of the Ph.D. Literature Program at the Arizona State University. He has written widely on seventeenth-and eighteenth-century British literature, bibliography, and textual criticism.

Release date Australia

August 31st, 2003

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General (US: Trade)
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

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Illustrated by Francis Hayman
Translated by Tobias Smollett

Illustrations

35 illustrations

Pages

1056

Series

Works of Tobias Smollett

Dimensions

152x229x58

ISBN-13

9780820324302

Product ID

7562163

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