Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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- Time is On Our Side
Here's a timeline hook up. The big picture is that Spain was moving and shaping the world outside its borders and, though it doesn't make a huge splash in this book, we can't help but fix Cervantes in history. This link is to the big picture to see what was going on in Spain at the time. - Allusions To the Deluded Man
Don Quixote pops up in the most unexpected places, and we're not just talking about surprising villagers in Spain. He also pops up in other works as allusions. Here's a prime example from Cyrano de Bergerac.