Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 22:21:50 -0800 From: "Thad Q. Alexander" <rattler-AT-inreach.net> Subject: Re: PLC: Book Burning: Dante & Cervantes "How canst thou say that!" answered Don Quixote; "dost thou not hear the neighing of the steeds, the braying of the trumpets, the roll of the drums?" "I hear nothing but a great bleating of ewes and sheep," said Sancho; which was true, for by this time the two flocks had come close. "The fear thou art in, Sancho," said Don Quixote, "prevents thee from seeing or hearing correctly, for one of the effects of fear is to derange the senses and make things appear different from what they are; if thou art in such fear, withdraw to one side and leave me to myself, for alone I suffice to bring victory to that side to which I shall give my aid;" and so saying he gave Rocinante the spur, and putting the lance in rest, shot down the slope like a thunderbolt. Sancho shouted after him, crying, "Come back, Senor Don Quixote; I vow to God they are sheep and ewes you are charging! Come back! Unlucky the father that begot me! what madness is this! Look, there is no giant, nor knight, nor cats, nor arms, nor shields quartered or whole, nor vair azure or bedevilled. What are you about? Sinner that I am before God!" But not for all these entreaties did Don Quixote turn back; on the contrary he went on shouting out, "Ho, knights, ye who follow and fight under the banners of the valiant emperor Pentapolin of the Bare Arm, follow me all; ye shall see how easily I shall give him his revenge over his enemy Alifanfaron of the Trapobana." So saying, he dashed into the midst of the squadron of ewes, and began spearing them with as much spirit and intrepidity as if he were transfixing mortal enemies in earnest. The shepherds and drovers accompanying the flock shouted to him to desist; seeing it was no use, they ungirt their slings and began to salute his ears with stones as big as one's fist. Sorry, just had to post my favorite part of Don Quixote. When I read this chapter, I couldn't stop laughing! -- Thad Q. Alexander (rattler-AT-inreach.net) OCC Undergraduate Long Beach, CA. USA --- CHAUCER-AT-listserv.uic.edu Phillitcrit-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU Phil-lit-AT-Was found morally unfit for my presence:11\3\97 SHAKSPER-AT-ws.bowiestate.edu Great Books of Western Civilization --- The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life and one is as good as the other. ----Ernest Hemingway --- from list phillitcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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