Editing Don Quixote (section)

===Meaning===
[[Harold Bloom]] says ''Don Quixote'' is the first modern novel, and that the protagonist is at war with [[Freud]]'s [[reality principle]], which accepts the necessity of dying. Bloom says that the novel has an endless range of meanings, but that a recurring theme is the human need to withstand suffering.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/dec/13/classics.miguelcervantes The Knight in the Mirror] a 2003 book report in ''[[The Guardian]]'' about [[Harold Bloom]]'s book.</ref>

[[Edith Grossman]], who wrote and published a highly acclaimed<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lathrop |first1=Tom |title=Edith Grossman's Translation of Don Quixote |journal=Bulletin of the Cervantes Society |date=2006-03-22 |volume=26 |issue=1–2 |pages=237–255 |doi=10.3138/cervantes.26.1.237 |s2cid=161041486 |url=https://www.h-net.org/~cervantes/csa/artics-f06/lathrop2sf06.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829204055/http://www.h-net.org/~cervantes/csa/artics-f06/lathrop2sf06.pdf |archive-date=2008-08-29 |url-status=live |access-date=2021-01-17}}</ref> English translation of the novel in 2003, says that the book is mostly meant to move people into emotion using a systematic change of course, on the verge of both tragedy and comedy at the same time. Grossman has stated:<blockquote>The question is that Quixote has multiple interpretations [...] and how do I deal with that in my translation. I'm going to answer your question by avoiding it [...] so when I first started reading the Quixote I thought it was the most tragic book in the world, and I would read it and weep [...] As I grew older [...] my skin grew thicker [...] and so when I was working on the translation I was actually sitting at my computer and laughing out loud. This is done [...] as Cervantes did it [...] by never letting the reader rest. You are never certain that you truly got it. Because as soon as you think you understand something, Cervantes introduces something that contradicts your premise.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muOZ6WdAg3o Edith Grossman about Don Quixote as tragedy and comedy] a discussion held in New York City on 5 February 2009 by [[Words Without Borders]] (YouTube)</ref></blockquote>