Don Quixote: The Re-accentuation of the World’s Greatest Literary Hero - Softcover

Gratchev, Slav

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1611488591 ISBN 13: 9781611488593

Publisher: UPC, 2019

Synopsis

This book is a unique scholarly attempt to examine Don Quixote from multiple angles to see how the re-accentuation of the world’s greatest literary hero takes place in film, theatre, and literature. To accomplish this task, eighteen scholars from the USA, Canada, Spain, and Great Britain have come together, and each of them has brought his/her unique perspective to the subject. For the first time, Don Quixote is discussed from the point of re-accentuation, i.e. having in mind one of the key Bakhtinian concepts that will serve as a theoretical framework. A primary objective was therefore to articulate, relying on the concept of re-accentuation, that the history of the novel has benefited enormously from the re-accentuation of Don Quixote helping us to shape countless iconic novels from the eighteenth century, and to see how Cervantes’s title character has been reinterpreted to suit the needs of a variety of cultures across time and space.

About this title

About the Authors

Slav N. Gratchev is professor of Spanish at Marshall University.

Howard Mancing is professor emeritus of Spanish at Purdue University.

Edition details

• Publisher: UPC
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1611488591
• ISBN 13: 9781611488593
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 308