{"product_id":"the-trials-of-persiles-and-sigismunda-9780872209718","title":"The Trials of Persiles and Sigismunda","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA gripping novel of romance and adventure, the \u003ci\u003ePersiles\u003c\/i\u003e will moreover captivate anyone interested in Cervantes'' development as a novelist; the culture of the Counter-Reformation; romance as a narrative genre; gender studies; literary theory; and the study of early modern commerce, exploration, empire, and anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew to this edition of Celia Richmond Weller and Clark A. Colahan''s critically acclaimed translation are an updated Introduction and bibliography reflecting recent directions in scholarship on the \u003ci\u003ePersiles\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as reproductions of woodcuts from a work believed to have served Cervantes as a key anthropological source.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[The \u003ci\u003ePersiles\u003c\/i\u003e] could be thought to stand in the same relation to the \u003ci\u003eQuixote\u003c\/i\u003e as \u003ci\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e stands to Measure for Measure. . . . The present version really offers the \u003ci\u003ePersiles\u003c\/i\u003e for the first time in proper English dress.  The translators have delicately balanced the formalities of its chronological age with the friskiness of its spirit: the finished version is just as much fun to read as it obviously was to make.  A fine display of fireworks. --Robert M. Adams, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e is ultimately a novel about the creative act, the \u003ci\u003ePersiles\u003c\/i\u003e offers a special portrait of an artist who balances parody and metafiction with a spirit of idealism.  Weller and Colahan's translation is excellent. . . . Readers of English now have access to what Cervantes considered his major work.  Highly recommended. --E. H. Friedman, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hackett Publishing Co, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884893417815,"sku":"9780872209718","price":41.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780872209718.jpg?v=1722533943","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-trials-of-persiles-and-sigismunda-9780872209718","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}