Don Quixote – Cervantes
Reading and Meeting Schedule (Bookmark designed by @zestygal)
First Part (Chapters 1-27, pp 3-227)*
Zoom: Sun, June 4, 2023, 8-9 PM EST // Twitter: Tues, June 6, 2023, 8-9 PM EST
First Part (Chapters 28-52, pp 227-449)
Zoom: Sun, July 9, 2023, 8-9 PM EST // Twitter: Tues, July 11, 2023, 8-9 PM EST
Second Part (Chapters 1-35, pp 451-696)
Zoom: Sun, August 6, 2023, 8-9 PM EST // Twitter: Tues, August 8, 2023, 8-9 PM EST
Second Part (Chapters 36-74, pp 697-940)
Zoom: Sun, August 27, 2023, 8-9 PM EST // Twitter: Tues, August 29, 2023, 8-9 PM EST
*Page numbers reference the Harper Collins edition of Edith Grossman's translation
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General Resources:
Brief biography - Biography.com
Open Course: Cervantes’ Don Quixote - Open Yale Courses
Exhibit on Don Quixote - Haverford College
Content on Don Quixote - Columbia College
Chronology from The Cambridge Companion to Cervantes
"Cervantes's Life, Times, and Literary Career" from A Companion to Don Quixote by Anthony Close
Podcasts:
"How to Read Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote, Part 1" from Open Book
"How to Read Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote, Part 2" from Open Book
In Our Time: "Don Quixote" from BBC Radio
"Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes" from Books of Titans
Videos:
"Why should you read 'Don Quixote'?" by Ilan Stavans for TED-Ed
"How to Read Don Quixote by Cervantes (10 Tips)" by Benjamin McEvoy
"Which Translation of Don Quixote is the Best? (Ranking 9 Translations of Cervantes)" by Benjamin McEvoy
"Let's Appreciate the Artwork of Don Quixote Together" by Benjamin McEvoy
"Great Authors - Literature of the Renaissance - Cervantes, Don Quixote" by Michael Sugrue
"Dusting Off Don Quixote: The Unconquerable Catholicism of Cervantes" from Institute of Catholic Culture
Online Articles:
"Guide to the classics: Don Quixote, the world’s first modern novel – and one of the best" - The Conversation
"The remarkable life of Miguel de Cervantes and how it shaped his timeless tale, 'Don Quixote'" by Bret McCabe for The Hub
"A true giant: Four centuries dead, Cervantes remains an epic presence through ‘Don Quixote’" by Liz Mineo for The Harvard Gazette
"400 years after death, Spain thinks it’s found the remains of ‘Don Quixote’ author Cervantes" by Victoria Fleischer for PBS
"Don Quixote: Sloppy, Inconsistent, Baffling, Perfect" by Ilan Stavans for LitHub
Critical Articles:
"Apropos of Don Quixote: Hero or Fool" - Ruth El Saffar
"Don Quixote and Its Errant Author" - Tom Lathrop
"Don Quixote and the Invention of the Novel" - Anthony J. Cascardi
"'Don Quixote' as a Funny Book" - P. E. Russell
"Don Quixote as an Existential Hero" - Mary A. Gervin
"Don Quixote, the Hero Upside-Down" - J. M. Sobré
"The Influence of Cervantes" - Alexander Welsh
"In Praise of what is Left Unsaid: Thoughts on Women and Lack in Don Quijote" - Ruth El Saffar
"What Don Quixote Means (Today)" - Robert Bayliss
