Somewhere in La Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, a gentleman lived not long ago...
Dreamers and windmill chasers of every ilk now have an annual festival to celebrate and study the iconoclastic thinking and individualistic spirit with which Miguel de Cervantes endowed the world's most famous knight-errant: Don Quixote.
QuixoteFest '08 will appeal to serious Quixote students and casual fans alike, offering a combination of lectures, performances, exhibits, reenactments and other adventures.
Professor Howard Mancing discusses 17th Century Spain and the culture that gave rise to Miguel de Cervantes as a literary giant.
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Woodcut of Quixote 2008 by Ben Stier