{"product_id":"9781487555740","title":"Quixotic Quests","description":"Author: Daniel Holcombe\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781487555740\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jan 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 394 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalvador Dal illustrated Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote for the first time while living in exile in the United States in the 1940s, collaborating with Random House to produce a special edition that was published in 1946. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuixotic Quests\u003c\/i\u003e examines the material history of this 1946 edition by bridging art history, book history, literature, and narratology, while exploring Dal's role as its illustrator and the reception of both by mid-century popular culture, art historians, and literary scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePositing that much of Dal's life was quixotic in nature, the book investigates his quest to illustrate the novel with an unprecedented level of pictorial didacticism, despite challenges that the artist and Random House faced during and after the Second World War. It details his resolute passion to integrate surrealism with classicism, visual art with narrative, sexuality with sublimation, and privacy with public persona. Contrasting Dal's visual achievements with other artists and stylistic movements, \u003ci\u003eQuixotic Quests\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on the niche that Dal created for himself as a surrealist illustrator of \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e. Consulting his autobiographical narratives, the book analyses Dal's unique artistic contributions to the four-hundred-year print history of the novel, while emphasising the artist's heartfelt appreciation and respect for his book illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919613345950,"sku":"ING-9781487555740","price":148.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781487555740.jpg?v=1782813973","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781487555740","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}