{"product_id":"the-history-and-adventures-of-the-renowned-don-quixote-paperback","title":"The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMiguel De Cervantes Saavedra\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTobias Smollett\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eO. M. Brack\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis authoritative textual edition presents Tobias Smollett's translation of Cervantes's \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e in the form most faithful to Smollett's own intentions. It includes Francis Hayman's twenty-eight illustrations engraved for the original edition, Smollett's explanatory notes, and his prefatory \"Life of Cervantes.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSmollett's Don Quixote first appeared in 1755 and was for many years the most popular English-language version of Cervantes's masterpiece. However, soon after the start of the nineteenth century, its reputation began to suffer. Rival translators, literary hucksters, and careless scholars initiated or fed a variety of charges against Smollett--even plagiarism. For almost 130 years no publisher risked reprinting it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRedemption began in 1986, when the distinguished Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes, in his foreword to a new (albeit flawed) edition of Smollett's translation, declared it to be \"the authentic vernacular version\" of Don Quixote in English. Fuentes's opinion was in accord with that of the preeminent Cervantist, Francisco Rodríguez Marín, who decades earlier had declared Smollett's Don Quixote to be his preferred English version. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMartin C. Battestin's introduction discusses the composition, publication, and controversial reception of Smollett's \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e. Battestin's notes identify Smollett's sources in his \"Life of Cervantes\" and in his commentary, provide cross-references to his other works, and illustrate Smollett's originality or dependence on previous translations. Also included is a complete textual apparatus, a glossary of unfamiliar terms, and an appendix comparing a selection of Francis Hayman's original illustrations with the engraved renderings used in the book.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e MIGUEL de CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (1547-1616) is widely regarded as the finest writer in the Spanish language. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eO M Brack Jr. (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e O M BRACK, JR., a professor of English literature emeritus at Arizona State University, is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eSamuel Johnson's Early Biographers\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Early Biographies of Samuel Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e. He has edited volumes of the \u003ci\u003eWorks of Samuel Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e published by Yale and is textual editor for the Georgia series the Works of Tobias Smollett. Brack is the curator of the 2009 Johnson tercentenary exhibition at the Huntington Library. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.22 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42286188167248,"sku":"9780820346076","price":141.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/9NwRViPpO39780820346076.webp?v=1776721848","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-history-and-adventures-of-the-renowned-don-quixote-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}