Who the heck is Don Quixote? The story behind the man.
THE STORY BEHIND THE MAN.
This is one of my favorite songs by Lightfoot. He is extremely taleted in both lyrics and music composition in this song. I feel the guitar work is amazing. I think its Terry Clements doing that but not sure. Anyway... This is ONE OF THE VERY FEW Songs Gord wrote that the name of the title is NOT part of the lyrics of the Song; i.e "Don Quixote" is never mentioned in the song! Can you name the few other songs of Lightfoots that the title is not in the lyrics?
For those who are unsure of its pronouciation its sort of like Don Kay-hoe-tay.
Here is a brief description of the character Lightfoot writes about.
Enjoy.
Don Quixote (Spanish: Don Quijote), fully titled El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha ("The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha") is an early novel written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story based upon a manuscript by the invented Moorish historian, Cide Hamete Benengeli.
The protagonist, Alonso Quixano, is a country gentleman who has read so many stories of chivalry that he descends into fantasy and becomes convinced he is a knight errant. Together with his earthy squire Sancho Panza, the self-styled "Don Quixote de la Mancha" sets out in search of adventure. The "lady" for whom Quixote seeks to toil is Dulcinea del Toboso, an imaginary object crafted from a neighbouring farmgirl (her real name is Aldonza Lorenzo) by the illusion-struck "knight" to be the object of his courtly love. "Dulcinea" is totally unaware of Quixote's feelings for her and does not actually appear in the novel.
Published in two volumes a decade apart, Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age and perhaps the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature, it regularly appears at or near the top of lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published and is the best-selling non-religious, non-political work of fiction of all time.
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