A Character Named Cervantes by Howard Mancing, Tatevik Gulami... - 9781487558888

A Character Named CervantesOn Screen, on Stage, and on the Page\nAuthor(s): Howard Mancing, Tatevik Gulamiryan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487558888, 978-1487558888\nSynopsis\nMiguel de Cervantes, writer of Don Quixote, has frequently been portrayed in fictionalized contexts across various mediums. In A Character Named Cervantes, Howard Mancing and Tatevik Gyulamiryan explore how Cervantess life is depicted in biographies and fiction and how he, as a (bio)fictional character, contributes to our understanding of reality and fiction, fact and invention, history and imagination, and above all, our perceptions of these concepts.\nThe book reveals that Cervantess life was unlike anyone elses. Characterized by an array of extraordinary experiences both triumphant and tumultuous, adventurous and misfortunate, impassioned and disillusioned his life events mirror the quixotic spirit he famously imbued .