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Don Quixote

El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha

textual humanities text book core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

  • Miguel de Cervantes, author

Canon Rationale

A central early modern novel, included for prose fiction, parody, realism, metafiction, readerly interpretation, Spanish Golden Age literature, and the history of the modern novel.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 21.

Evidence

  • handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Don Quixote'.
  • field survey: Encyclopedia.com, 'Don Quixote'.

Audit Flags

translation dependency, version dependency

Completion unit: read both parts in a chosen translation or Spanish edition.

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