And I put Cervantes at the top of the list. Don Quixote, The Man of Sorrows. Is he a parody of Christ or a parody of man's self importance? Bawdy, funny, heroic, spiritual beyond any prayer, soaked in deep muddy bloody dung pools of angst and idealism, what better tale of humankind is there?
WC --- On Tue, 11/4/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: The Long Life of popular art? > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 10:24 AM > In a message dated 11/4/08 10:41:40 AM, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > Popular fiction from the 19th C. -- but anything > earlier than 1800 ? > > > Lots -- Swift, Defoe, Fielding, Richardson, Sterne, > Andrews, Smollett, > Burney, Radcliffe, Voltaire, Rousseau, deLaclos, Prevost, > et al. Still earlier: > Cervantes, Rabelais. > > > > ************** > Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out > Today's Hot > 5 Travel Deals! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212416248x1200771803/aol?redir=http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav00000001)
