Don Quixote
Cervantes| Miguel de
Miguel de Cervantes' epic novel, widely regarded as the first modern novel and one of the greatest works of world literature. The idealistic Alonso Quixano, driven mad by chivalric romances,…
Miguel de Cervantes' epic novel, widely regarded as the first modern novel and one of the greatest works of world literature. The idealistic Alonso Quixano, driven mad by chivalric romances, reinvents himself as the knight-errant Don Quixote and sets out with his faithful squire Sancho Panza to right wrongs and pursue glory — with hilariously disastrous results.
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satirical depictions of chivalric romance 438 divine intervention 259 don quixote 245 sancho panza 194 construction of reality through storytelling 156 early modern spanish literature 139 literary parody and intertextuality 97 social commentary on spanish golden age society 91 emergence of the novel form 84 dulcinea del toboso 76 social commentary 69 idealism versus disillusionment 61 idealism versus disillusionment in 17th-century europe 47 literary parody 44 satirical depictions 43 knights-errant 37 construction of reality 37 books of chivalry 37 chivalric romance 34 island governance 27 duke and duchess 27 spanish golden age society 26 blurring of illusion and perception 24 knight-errant 20 the construction of reality through storytelling 18 village curate 18 sancho 17 perilous adventure 15 cave of montesinos 14 quest for adventures 13