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Lectures on Don Quixote
Vladimir Nabokov, Fredson Bowers, Guy Davenport
HarperCollins · Paperback · August 23, 2016
Reading lane: Iberian Lit Crit
A fastidiously shaped series of lectures based on a chapter-by-chapter synopsis of the Spanish classic.
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Why This Clicks
Close Reading
Nabokov brings wit and precision to a classic he clearly means to worry at.
Come here for
- Nabokov’s crisp, playfully exacting voice
- A companionable, layered read
Expect
- Lectures in close company
- A sustained narrative read with a warm edge
Book Details
- Authors
- Vladimir Nabokov, Fredson Bowers, Guy Davenport
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- August 23, 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Iberian Lit Crit · European Lit Crit
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- Iberian Lit Crit
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About This Book
A fastidiously shaped series of lectures based on a chapter-by-chapter synopsis of the Spanish classic. Rejecting the common interpretation of Don Quixote as a warm satire, Nabokov perceives the work as a catalog of cruelty through which the gaunt knight passes. Edited and with a Preface by Fredson Bowers; photographs.
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