Don Quixote Slaughters the Windmill Dragons -- a piano work by David Hart

Don Quixote Slaughters the Windmill Dragons -- a piano work by David Hart
Don Quixote (Spanish: Don Quijote (help·info); English: /ˌdɒn kiːˈhoʊtiː/, see spelling and pronunciation below), fully titled The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha (Spanish: El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha), is a novel written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story by creating a fictional Moorish chronicler for Don Quixote named Cide Hamete Benengeli. Published in two volumes a decade apart (in 1605 and 1615), Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature, it regularly appears high on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published.The novel's structure is in episodic form. It is written in the picaresco style of the late sixteenth century. The full title is indicative of the tale's object, as ingenioso (Spanish) means "to be quick with inventiveness".[2] Although the novel is farcical on the surface, the second half is more serious and philosophical about the theme of deception. Quixote has served as an important thematic source not only in literature but in much of art and music, inspiring works by Pablo Picasso and Richard Strauss. The contrasts between the tall, thin, fancy-struck, and idealistic Quixote and the fat, squat, world-weary Panza is a motif echoed ever since the books publication, and Don Quixote's imaginings are the butt of outrageous and cruel practical jokes in the novel. Even faithful and simple Sancho is unintentionally forced to deceive him at certain points. The novel is considered a satire of orthodoxy, truth, veracity, and even nationalism.

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[hartistry]

Don Quixote's imaginings are the butt of outrageous and cruel practical jokes in the novel. Even faithful and simple Sancho is unintentionally forced to deceive him at certain points. The novel is considered a satire of orthodoxy, truth, veracity, and even nationalism.

[hartistry]

Amidst embraces and caresses of wind

Bathed in tingling moon beams

The ecstasy of your wondrous delight

Shakes my soul this blissful night.

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[hartistry]

''The Joy of Love'' by David Hart (newest Version)

The kissing of the doves in the trees

The slow dancing moon and the

Star speckled sky

Come now elated the chant of haling trees

Doth now incite earth's ancient and serene sigh

You appeared with all the heroics of the sea's bold ships and approached with the

delights of the world And all life's fury didst unfurl

[hartistry]

I always loved the story of Don Quixote