Chivalry
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Finally, keep your aim fixed on the destruction of that ill-founded edifice of the books of
chivalry
, hated by some and praised by many more; for if you succeed in this you will have achieved no small success."
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For instance, the Knight’s tale of courtly love, chivalry, and destiny riffs on romance, while the tales of working-class narrators are generally comedies filled with scatological language, sexual deviance, and slapstick.
It wasn’t until his late 50’s that he published his greatest creation: an epic satire of
chivalry
novels.
To challenge them, he wrote Don Quixote, the story of a hidalgo, or idle nobleman, who spends his days and nights reading
chivalry
novels.
Yet unlike the
chivalry
books and perhaps all other prior fiction, Cervantes’ story deeply investigates the protagonist’s inner life.
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