Describes and illustrates all surviving examples of self portraits by seventeenth-century artist Rembrandt van Rijn, and includes examination of the variety of costumes depicted in the self portraits.
Profiles 501 poets, novelists, playwrights, philosophers, and essayists from around the world and throughout history, with critical appraisals of each author's work and their place in world literature and culture.
Including life and background of Cervantes, chapter summaries and critical commentaries, purpose of the novel, technique and style, characterization, themes, questions for discussion, selected bibliography.
