Cervantes and ariosto: renewing fiction
Auteur :
Hart, Thomas R.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691636313
Date de publication :
19 avr. 2016
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
397 g
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Thomas Hart examines Erich Auerbach's contention that Don Quixote is not a tragedy but a comedy and suggests that Auerbach's view was shaped by his reading of Ariosto's chivalric romance Orlando furioso. At the same time Hart argues that neither Don Quixote nor Orlando furioso is so free from political intention as Auerbach believed they were. He d