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Autore |
McCrory Donald P |
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Titolo |
No Ordinary Man [[electronic resource] ] : The Life and Times of Miguel de Cervantes |
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Chicago, : Peter Owen Publishers, 2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Authors, Spanish -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- Biography |
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; About the Book & About the Author; Praise; Title Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Humble Origins: The Makings of a Hero (1547-69); 2 Exile and the Fortunes of War (1569-75); 3 Captivity in Algiers (1575-80); 4 The Captive's Return (1580-6); 5 Precarious Years in Andalusia (1586-90); 6 The Vexatious Life of a Government Tax Collector (1590-8); 7 The Impulse to Write (1598-1604); 8 Don Quixote, the Knight Errant of La Mancha (1604-8); 9 A Full-Time Professional Writer (1608-14); 10 The Final Flowering (1614-16); Notes |
Appendix 1: A Brief Chronology of the Life of Miguel de CervantesAppendix 2: The Cervantes Family Tree; Appendix 3: A Note on Currency; Select Bibliography; Index; Untitled; Copyright; Contacts Page; Some Authors; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The first biography to be aimed at the general reader as much as at students and historians, No Ordinary Man is a fascinating study of the life and work of Miguel de Cervantes (1547?1616), the writer known as the ""Spanish Shakespeare"" and author of the timeless classic Don Quixote. A renaissance man in all senses of the term, Cervantes was, in |
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his time, an adventurer, spy, soldier, hostage, and creator of the first European novel. This biography is based on the latest original research and incorporates previously unpublished material on Cervantes' long period of |
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