Don Quixote

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Don Quixote is a classic Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes that follows the misadventures of an idealistic would-be knight and his squire as they pursue chivalric fantasies in a prosaic world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish novel
novel
picaresque novel
satirical novel
author Miguel de Cervantes
centralTheme critique of chivalry
illusion versus reality
madness and sanity
social satire
countryOfOrigin Spain
firstPartPublicationYear 1605
firstPartTitle Don Quixote self-linksurface differs
surface form: El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha
form prose fiction
genre adventure fiction
chivalric romance parody
comic novel
hasAdaptation ballet adaptations
film adaptations
opera adaptations
stage adaptations
hasCharacter Rocinante
The Barber
The Duke and Duchess
The Priest
influenced European literature
Latin American literature
modern novel form
literaryMovement early modern literature
literaryPeriod Spanish Golden Age
literarySignificance considered one of the greatest works of fiction ever written
mainCharacter Don Quixote self-link
Dulcinea del Toboso
Sancho Panza
motif books of chivalry
role-playing and performance
narrativePerspective multiple narrators
narrativeStructure frame narrative
notableEpisode tilting at windmills
originalLanguage Spanish
placeOfFirstPublication Madrid
protagonistRealName Alonso Quixano
publisherOfFirstPart Francisco de Robles
secondPartPublicationYear 1615
secondPartTitle Don Quixote self-linksurface differs
surface form: Segunda parte del ingenioso caballero don Quijote de la Mancha
setting La Mancha
early 17th-century Spain
structure two-part novel
titleInSpanish Don Quixote self-linksurface differs
surface form: El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha

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Sancho Panza appearsIn Don Quixote
Sancho Panza appearsIn Don Quixote
this entity surface form: Don Quixote, Part II
subject surface form: Don Quixote (Balanchine)
Man of La Mancha basedOn Don Quixote
Quichotte basedOn Don Quixote
Sancho Panza contrastsWith Don Quixote
Man of La Mancha featuresCharacter Don Quixote
Sancho Panza fictionalUniverse Don Quixote
this entity surface form: Don Quixote universe
Sancho Panza firstAppearance Don Quixote
this entity surface form: Don Quixote, Part I
Don Quixote firstPartTitle Don Quixote self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha
subject surface form: Don Quixote (Balanchine)
this entity surface form: Don Quixote, Part One (1605)
this entity surface form: Don Quixote, Part Two (1615)
Quichotte inspiredBy Don Quixote
Sancho Panza loyalTo Don Quixote
Don Quixote mainCharacter Don Quixote self-link
Bolshoi Ballet notableProduction Don Quixote
Mariinsky Ballet notableProduction Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes notableWork Don Quixote
Spanish Golden Age notableWork Don Quixote
Spanish Renaissance notableWork Don Quixote
Man of La Mancha originalLeadRole Don Quixote
this entity surface form: Don Quixote / Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote secondPartTitle Don Quixote self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Segunda parte del ingenioso caballero don Quijote de la Mancha
subject surface form: Don Quixote (Balanchine)
Quichotte titleCharacterNamedAfter Don Quixote
Don Quixote titleInSpanish Don Quixote self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha