Benjamin McEvoy | How to Read Don Quixote by Cervantes (10 Tips) @BenjaminMcEvoy | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
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0:00 why Don Quixote means so much to me
0:30 how to choose the right translation of Cervantes
2:14 do not patronise or pity the knight and squire
2:45 why everyone reads Don Quixote differently
3:15 Don Quixote is the ultimate mirror
4:20 why does Cervantes so brutally batter Don Quixote?
5:00 Shakespeare vs Cervantes
5:20 Cervantes' traumatic life
6:00 the plagiarised second part of Don Quixote
7:50 read the novel over the long term
8:45 why you should read Don Quixote now
9:30 fast vs slow reading (and bookish regrets)
10:00 the length of Don Quixote
11:00 laughing and crying whilst reading
11:30 the novel form is Cervantes' gift to the world
13:00 reading about chivalry
13:00 returning to the good old days
14:04 how to talk to other people (Chekhov, Hegel & Proust)
15:00 the love between knight and squire
15:35 collect your favourite passages
16:30 the importance of rereading
17:20 reading along with a group