Of Don Quixote and Sancho, and of their encounter with a gentleman from Granada, and of the quest for identity of all these characters Cover Image

De don Quijote y Sancho, y de su encuentro con un caballero granadino, y de la búsqueda de identidad de todos estos personajes
Of Don Quixote and Sancho, and of their encounter with a gentleman from Granada, and of the quest for identity of all these characters

Author(s): Juan Paredes
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: UNIVERSITATEA »ȘTEFAN CEL MARE« SUCEAVA
Keywords: Cervantes; Don Quijote; Avellaneda; apocryphal Quijote; true/false characters;

Summary/Abstract: If Avellaneda had not published the apocryphal second part of Don Quijote de la Mancha, Cervantes, in all likelihood, would not have written the authentic one or this one would have been radically different. In the introduction to the Second Part, which records the third expedition of Don Quixote, the author is railing against a false author who has published a false sequel to the First Part of Don Quixote. It is precisely this false book and its consequent play of mirrors, in which true and false characters will move, that gives the second part of the immortal work its actual meaning

  • Issue Year: XXVII/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 61-68
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Spanish
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