What one reviewer said about Grotesque Purgatory: A Study of Cervantes's Don Quixote, Part II (Penn State Studies in Romance Literatures) by Henry W. Sullivan:
Sullivan writes his ideas clearly and concisely. The main thrust of the book is that Cervantes has a different project in Part II than he did in Part I and critics make a mistake lumping the two together. According to Sullivan, Don Quixote's adventures on Part II are really just a sort of purgatory on earth. By the end of Part II Don Quixote has attained salvation and, in a parallel trajectory, been healed psychologically. Sullivan includes a fascinating chapter on how Purgatory was viewed in the Middle Ages. All in all it's worth the read.
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