Don Chisciotti and Sanciu Panza

by Giovanni Meli, Gaetano Cipolla (Translator), Gaetano Cipolla (Introduction)

Overview

The is a mock heroic epic poem written by Giovanni Meli, the greatest Sicilian poet, on the archetypal characters created by Cervantes. It is an original rethinking of the Don Quijote from a Sicilian perspective. In Meli's epic, Sanciu beomes the hero while Don Chiciotti is onsidered a man who "not knowing how to fix a salad, pretended he could fix the world." Only the English text is included. The hard copy has also the Sicilian text.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013583856
Publisher:	Legas
Publication date:	11/14/2011
Series:	Pueti d'Arba Sicula , #7
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	341
File size:	983 KB

About the Author

Giovanni Meli (1740-1815) was the greatest poet of Sicily who projected his struggle between optimism and pessimism, idealism and pragmatism onto the characters of Don Chisciotti and Sanciu Panza. He is one of the most important poets of eighteeenth century Italy whofor his wisdom, humor and poetic genius deserves to be known more widely than he is.