Miguel De Cervantes

1547 - 1616

celebrated Spanish playwright and poet, whose Don Quixote is the most famous work in Spanish literature.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was born near Madrid, Spain. Little is known about his early life, although we know that he became an avid reader at a young age. He did not go to university, and, like his hero in Don Quixote, his life seems a product of fate. He fought at the battle of Lepanto -- at this battle, his left hand was maimed. He was... more »

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Don Quixote -- Context Essay -- Evaluates Don Quixote to the ideologies of its informing context.

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Don Quixote -- Genre Essay -- Don Quixote, one of the first novels ever written, was instrumental in the development of the modern novel.

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