Don Quixote is a Spanish novel written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. To give it it's full title: "El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha" (hidalgo being a synonym for nobleman or lower-ranking gentry). It is written in picaresco style (also known as picaresque), in other words, an episodic series of exploits of a roguish hero or anti-hero.
It emerged from El Siglo de Oro ("Century of Gold") aka SPANISH GOLDEN AGE.
The phrase "tilting at windmills" describes an act of attacking imaginary enemies derives from a scene in the book. The word "quixotic" derives from the novel Don Quixote, and refers to being "impractical idealistic".
Finally, a quote from Don Quixote: "There is no book so bad..that it does not have something good in it".
It emerged from El Siglo de Oro ("Century of Gold") aka SPANISH GOLDEN AGE.
The phrase "tilting at windmills" describes an act of attacking imaginary enemies derives from a scene in the book. The word "quixotic" derives from the novel Don Quixote, and refers to being "impractical idealistic".
Finally, a quote from Don Quixote: "There is no book so bad..that it does not have something good in it".
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