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Egginton, William, 1969-
Subjects
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote -- Influence.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 -- Influence.
Novelists, Spanish -- 17th century -- Criticism and interpretation.
Authors, Spanish -- 17thcentury -- Criticism and interpretation.
Spanish literature -- 17th century -- Criticism and interpretation.
Knights and knighthood in literature.
Picaresque literature -- History and criticism.
Adventure fiction -- History and criticism.
Humorous fiction -- History and criticism.
Historical fiction -- History and criticism.
Spanish fiction -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
Fiction -- History and criticism.
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Egginton, William, 1969-
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote -- Influence.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 -- Influence.
Novelists, Spanish -- 17th century -- Criticism and interpretation.
Authors, Spanish -- 17thcentury -- Criticism and interpretation.
Spanish literature -- 17th century -- Criticism and interpretation.
Knights and knighthood in literature.
Picaresque literature -- History and criticism.
Adventure fiction -- History and criticism.
Humorous fiction -- History and criticism.
Historical fiction -- History and criticism.
Spanish fiction -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
Fiction -- History and criticism.
MARC Display
The man who invented fiction : how
Cervantes
ushered in the modern world / William Egginton.
by
Egginton, William, 1969-
Bloomsbury USA, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
Call #:
863.3 C419e
Subjects
Cervantes
Saavedra
,
Miguel
de
,
1547-1616
.
Don
Quixote
.
Cervantes
Saavedra
,
Miguel
de
,
1547-1616
.
Don
Quixote
--
Influence
.
Cervantes
Saavedra
,
Miguel
de
,
1547-1616
--
Influence
.
Novelists, Spanish
--
17th century
--
Criticism and interpretation.
Authors, Spanish
--
17thcentury
--
Criticism and interpretation.
Spanish literature
--
17th century
--
Criticism and interpretation.
Knights and knighthood in literature.
Picaresque literature
--
History and criticism.
Adventure fiction
--
History and criticism.
Humorous fiction
--
History and criticism.
Historical fiction
--
History and criticism.
Spanish fiction
--
Classical period, 1500-1700
--
History and criticism.
Fiction
--
History and criticism.
ISBN:
9781620401750 (hc.)
1620401754 (hc.)
Description:
xxiii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-225) and index.
Contents:
Within and without
--
Poetry and history
--
Open and closed
--
Soldier of misfortune
--
A captive imagination
--
All the world's a stage
--
Of shepherds, knights, and ladies
--
A rogue's gallery
--
The fictional world.
Summary:
"In the early seventeenth century, a crippled, graying, almost toothless veteran of Spain's wars against the Ottoman Empire published a book. It was the story of a poor nobleman, his brain addled from reading too many books of chivalry, who deludes himself that he is a knight errant and sets off on hilarious adventures. That book,
Don
Quixote
, went on to sell more copies than any other book beside the Bible, making its author,
Miguel
de
Cervantes
, the single most-read author in human history.
Cervantes
did more than just publish a bestseller, though. He invented a way of writing. This book is about how
Cervantes
came to create what we now call fiction, and how fiction changed the world."--Provided by publisher.
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