
Men of Heart
a comparison of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote and Mark Twain's Jim
Michael MacBride(Author)
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Published on 10. April 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
108 pages
978-3-8383-5633-4 (ISBN)
Description
The similarities between these picaresque texts are many, including: autobiographical elements, satirical voice, harsh criticism of aristocracy, dark comedy, incredible comedic physical abuse, characters with similar traits, similar plot devices, similar chapter titles, and both feature the language of the common person (instead of the "high" language of the upper class). Twain loved and admired Don Quixote and includes several direct references to the novel in his work, including the quote from Chapter 3 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The majority of the scholarship comparing these two books relies on a study by Olin Harris Moore from 1922, in which he claims that Tom Sawyer is Mark Twain''s answer to Don Quixote. Moore''s article has been the basis for the majority of comparisons between the two works. This essay focuses on comparisons between Mark Twain''s Jim (rather than Harris'' suggestion of Tom) and Cervantes'' Don Quixote, most notably their admirable traits, and their elusive dreams.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Germany
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
179 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8383-5633-4 (9783838356334)
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Michael MacBride is a doctoral candidate at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, working on his dissertation focusing on Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-century American literature. He currently teaches at Minnesota State University, Mankato, where he earned his Masters of Arts in Literature.