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A 4 page contention that this great work of literature was actually produced by two distinct authors. The stylistic differences which exist between the two parts are used to substantiate this contention. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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considered one of the greatest literary works of all time. Consequently, it has withstood several translations from its native Spanish and even more literary analyses. Some contend that
much is lost in every translation of this great work, that no attempt to replace the Spanish with English, or indeed any other language, is good enough (Ormsby, 2003).
Ormsby (2003) contends in the preface to his own translation of the book that this impossibility is not explained because:
"Spanish idioms are so utterly unmanageable, or that the untranslatable words, numerous enough no doubt, are so superabundant, but rather that the sententious terseness to
which the humour of the book owes its flavour is peculiar to Spanish, and can at best be only distantly imitated in any other tongue".
Shelton was the first translator of the work. All critics do not agree, however, on the question of whether
or not he translated both Part I and Part II of Don Quixote. The translation of the First Part is commonly attributed to Shelton. It was first published
in 1612 (Ormsby, 2003). The translation of the Second Part, however, would not be published until 1620 (Ormsby, 2003). Ormsby (2003) points out that some critics doubt
that this translation is actually that of Shelton. Ormsby (2003) himself concedes that the spirit which characterizes Part I is largely absent in Part II (Ormsby, 2003). He
prefers to explain this distinction via Sheltons age and experience as the time of the two translations (Ormsby, 2003). He insists, in fact, that:
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