{"product_id":"el-mundo-del-quijote","title":"El Mundo del Quijote","description":"\u003cp\u003eMadrid: Insula, 1958. First edition. Octavo in off-white wrappers; 169 pages; 21 cm. Some yellowing to front wrapper, else about near fine(-) to vg+. Paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in Spanish by an American scholar then teaching at Duke, this compact study argues against the prevailing mid-century view that Cervantes made reality itself unstable. For Predmore, the world of the *Quijote* is solid and the narrator confirms it — *y así era la verdad*. What wavers is human perception, bent by desire, fear, and imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis most enduring contribution is the analysis of enchantment. Counting more than a hundred discussions of *encantadores* in the novel, he shows that Cervantes's enchanters, unlike those of the chivalric romances, are always anonymous and never seen — which is precisely what allows characters to invoke them to defend illusions and evade responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePredmore revised and translated the book himself as *The World of Don Quixote* (Harvard University Press, 1967).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Predmore, Richard Lionel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48334051967234,"sku":"40791","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/4412\/1602\/files\/40791.jpg?v=1786719571","url":"https:\/\/bibliope.com\/products\/el-mundo-del-quijote","provider":"Bibliope","version":"1.0","type":"link"}