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Don Quixote Reexamined
A hidalgo or minor nobleman gets so lost in his reading that he mistakes folklore regarding chivalry as the path of history that will lead him and through him the world to greater nobility. The intention being good. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Account, Admonishment, Beautiful, Borrowed Time, Cervantes, Chivalry, Comic, Complexity, Correct, Don Quixote, Embrace, Examine, Excess, Fantasies, Fiction, Folklore, Folly, Good Magic, Hidalgo, History, Human Mind, Intention, Journey, Knight Errant, Lady, Laughter, Lent, Life, Literary, Mad, Man, Moments, Musical, Name, Nobility, Nobleman, Pages, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practicalities, Practice, Preach, Railing, Reach, Read, Reading, Real, Reveal, Sad, Sally, Sights, Simplicity, Spent, Substance, Tales, Tear, Tragic, Understand, Unique, Utterances, Wrong Conclusions
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Joseph Andrews – Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding died on October 8, 1754 Henry Fielding lived from April 22, 1707 until October 8, 1754. During his life, this Englishman was a novelist and playwright known for his earthy satire and as the author of Tom Jones. As … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Cervantes, Classic Literature, Comedy, Don Quixote, Epic, Harvard Classics, Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews, Novel, Odyssey, Picaresque, Preface, Prose, Tom Jones
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Don Quixote – Cervantes
At least once in his life, William Faulkner said that he read Don Quixote once a year like some folks read the Bible. It seems an interesting coincidence that the day I stumble across a Faulkner quote used as … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Cervantes, Comedy, Don Quixote, Harvard Classics, Knight, Man From La Mancha
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