The Portable Cervantes (Portable Library)

Author: De Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel

Brand: Penguin Random House

Color: Black

Edition: Reprint

Binding: paperback

Format: Deckle Edge

Number Of Pages: 864

Release Date: 18-11-1976

Part Number: bibliog

Details: Product Description
Contains
Don Quixote, in Samuel Putnam's acclaimed translation, substantially complete, with editorial summaries of the omitted passages; two 'Exemplary Novels, 'Rinconete and Cortadillo' and 'Man of Glass'; and 'Foot in the Stirrup,' Cervantes's extraordinary farewell to life from
The Troubles of Persiles and Sigismunda.
From the Back Cover
Contains Don Quixote, in Samuel Putnam's acclaimed translation, substantially complete, with editorial summaries of the omitted passages; two' Exemplary Novels, ' Rinconete and Cortadillo and Man of Glass; and' Foot in the Stirrup, ' Cervante's extraordinary farewell to life from The Troubles of Persiles and Sigismunda.
About the Author
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra was born in Spain in 1547 to a family once proud and influential but now fallen on hard times. His father, a poor barber-surgeon, wandered up and down Spain in search of work. Educated as a child by the Jesuits in Seville, the creator of
Don Quixote grew up to follow the career of a professional soldier. He was wounded at Lepanto in 1571, captured by the Turks in 1575, imprisoned for five years, and was finally rescued by the Trinitarian friars in 1580. On his return to Spain he found his family more impoverished than ever before. Supporting his mother, two sisters, and an illegitimate daughter, he settled down to a literary career and had hopes of becoming a successful playwright, but just then the youthful
Lope de Vega entered triumphantly to transform the Spanish theatre by his genius.
Galatea, a pastoral romance, was published in 1585, the year of Cervantes’ marriage to
Catalina de Palacios y Salazar Vozmediano. But it did not bring him an escape from poverty, and he was forced to become a roving commissary for the Spanish armada. This venture, which led to bankruptcy and jail, lasted for fifteen years. Although he never knew prosperity, Cervantes did gain a measure of fame during his lifetime, and Don Quixote and Sancho Panza were known all over the world. Part I of Don Quixote was published in 1605; in 1613, his
Exemplary Novels appeared, and these picaresque tales of romantic adventure gained immediate popularity.
Journey to Parnassas, a satirical review of his fellow Spanish poets, appeared in 1614, and Part II of Don Quixote in 1615 as well as
Eight Plays and Eight Interludes. Miguel de Cervantes died on April 23, 1616, the same day as the death of Shakespeare--his English contemporary, his only peer.

EAN: 9780140150575

Package Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 2.2 inches

Languages: English