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ID: 901001136
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001136
Record Type: Literature

Don Quixote (novel, Cervantes, 1605-1615)

Note: Published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615; considered one of the most influential works of literature from the Spanish Golden Age. It describes of the adventures of a fallen nobleman who looses his grip on reality and, under the name Don Quixote, attempts to revive the world of justice and courtesy known from chivalric romances.

Display Date: published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615

Names:
Don Quixote (novel, Cervantes, 1605-1615) (preferred,b,English-P,D,N)
Don Quixote (novel, Cervantes, 1605-1615) (Spanish-P,D)
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (f,Spanish,U,N)
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha (novel, Cervantes, 1605-1615) (f,English,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Literature and Performing Arts (P)
....<Named written and performed works> (P)
........<Literary works: Prose (novels, etc.)> (P)
............Don Quixote (novel, Cervantes, 1605-1615) (I)
Related Iconography:
actor is .... Quixote, Don
..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Literary characters, Quixote, Don (Spanish literary character, Cervantes, 1605)) [901001016]
actor is .... Panza, Sancho
..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Literary characters, Panza, Sancho (Spanish literary character, Cervantes, 1605)) [901001106]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... novels
.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
located in .... EspaƱa
.....(Europe) (TGN)
author is .... Cervantes, Miguel de (Spanish author, 1547-1616)
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:
Don Quixote (novel, Cervantes, 1605-1615)
................Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature (1995)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature (1995)
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote#/media/File:El_ingenioso_hidalgo_don_Quijote_de_la_Mancha.jpg

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