Don Quixote (For Further Study)

For Further Study

• Jean Canavaggio, Cervantes, translated by J. R. Jones, W.W. Norton, 1990.

  Originally published in Paris, this biography of Cervantes is considered one of the best. Also contains bibliographical references.

• Brenda Knox and Joe Main, Don Quixote de la Mancha Exhibit, at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at the Johns Hopkins University, http://milton.mse.jhu.edu:8006/tour1.html.

  The Don Quixote Exhibit contains historical illustrations of the novel and some background information.

• Felix Martinez-Bonati, in Don Quixote and the Poetics of the Novel, translated by Dian Fox, Cornell University Press, 1992.

  This critical work examines past criticism and trends for reading Don Quixote.

• Melveena McKendrick, in Cervantes, Little Brown, 1980.

  A comprehensive biography of Cervantes.

• Ian Watt, Myths of Modern Individualism: Faust, Don Quixote, Don Juan, Robinson Crusoe, Cambridge University Press, London, 1997.

  Watt examines four hero archetypes of the modern West: Faust, Don Juan, Don Quixote, and Robinson Crusoe. He traces their historical influence and considers their continued relevance in our society.