Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes was a Spanish writer of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, best known for *Don Quixote*, often considered the first modern novel.
The story of a delusional knight tilting at windmills has made quixotic an English word for impractical idealism.
Cervantes is to Spanish literature roughly what Shakespeare is to English.
Spain's peak artistic era
- CastileCentral Spanish historical region
- MadridSpain's governmental seat
- SpainIberian Peninsula country
- IberianOf Spain and Portugal
Habsburg · Philip II · Algiers · captivity · ransom · Seville · Baroque · hidalgo
Squire to a knight-errant
- windmillsRotating vaned power structures
- knight-errantMedieval adventure-seeking warrior
- RocinanteKnight's bony mount
- La ManchaSpanish historical region
chivalry · tilting · squire · giants · madness · illusion · delusion · idealism
Writer of prose narratives
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
- poetWriter of verse
- storytellerOne who recounts tales
- proseUnversified language
fiction · writer · innovator · creator · interlude · short story · dramatic · verse
Mockery exposing vice
- parodySatirical imitation
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- social commentaryAnalysis of societal conditions
- humorAmusing quality
mockery · wit · critique · realism · episodic · rogue · adventure · comic
Fiction from recent eras
- literary influenceEffect of texts on writers
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
- canonAccepted authoritative works
- translationConverting between languages
adaptation · musical · classic · universal · UNESCO · anniversary · statue · institute
Siglo de Oro
Spain's peak artistic era
- CastileCentral Spanish historical region
- MadridSpain's governmental seat
- SpainIberian Peninsula country
Iberian · Habsburg · Philip II · Algiers · captivity · ransom · Seville · Baroque · hidalgo · Inquisition
Sancho Panza
Squire to a knight-errant
- windmillsRotating vaned power structures
- knight-errantMedieval adventure-seeking warrior
- RocinanteKnight's bony mount
La Mancha · chivalry · tilting · squire · giants · madness · illusion · delusion · idealism · quest
novelist
Writer of prose narratives
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
- poetWriter of verse
- storytellerOne who recounts tales
prose · fiction · writer · innovator · creator · interlude · short story · dramatic · verse · sonnet
satire
Mockery exposing vice
- parodySatirical imitation
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- social commentaryAnalysis of societal conditions
humor · mockery · wit · critique · realism · episodic · rogue · adventure · comic · burlesque
modern novel
Fiction from recent eras
- literary influenceEffect of texts on writers
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
- canonAccepted authoritative works
translation · adaptation · musical · classic · universal · UNESCO · anniversary · statue · institute
- AuthorsShakespeare, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Spanish LiteratureDon Quixote, Don Quijote, El Cid, Calderon, Siglo de Oro
- CervantesDon Quixote, Sancho Panza, Rocinante, La Mancha, Don Quijote
- Famous SpaniardsRafael Nadal, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz
- Golden Age SpainSiglo de Oro, Don Quixote, Philip II, Velazquez, El Greco
- Hispanic LiteratureGabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Pablo Neruda, Don Quixote, Isabel Allende
Miguel de CervantesChrétien de Troyes
Miguel de CervantesHomer
Ancient Greek epic composer
William Shakespeare · Alexander Pushkin · Dante Alighieri · Leo Tolstoy
Miguel de CervantesWilliam Shakespeare
Dante Alighieri · Alexander Pushkin · Victor Hugo · Leo Tolstoy