Reflections on the Hero as Quixote

A study of the ways in which Don Quixote and later quixotic heroes achieve their identity, asking why the quixotic hero is associated persistently with the cause of justice and why he characteristically falls victim to practical jokes; the study ranges from Cervantes to Nabokov; foxing to endpapers and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed/foxed, o.w. Very Good.