Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote, a man driven by chivalrous ideals and wild delusions, adopts sword and lance as a knight-errant to defend the weak, slay the ignoble, and win the heart of the farm girl he envisions as a princess. In his world of fantasy—where inns are castles, peasants are kings, and windmills...

Don Quixote features two of the most beloved characters in classical literature. Don Quixote and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, embark on comical exploits that are as charming today as they were when the book was published nearly 400 years ago. After reading chivalric romances, Don Quixote...

La ricezione delle Novelas ejemplares di Miguel de Cervantes, in Italia e fuori di Spagna, non fu delle più semplici e lineari. Di certo è possibile stabilire che furono pubblicate per la prima volta, e con regolare Privilegio Reale, per i tipi di Juan de la Cuesta, nel 1613, e che l'inizio...