Freud and Quixote

[Maria]

> Dicentra wrote:


Speaking of Quixote, I was thinking the other day that he is the
first
representation of Fandom in Western literature. Previous to
Cervantes'
time, there were no widely available works of art for people to
obsess
over.  The chivalric novel had people sitting at their firesides,
listening to someone read, night after night. They couldn't get
enough
of it.  If Quixote were real and alive today, in fact, he'd probably
be writing posts on this very board.


Wow, Dicentra, that was a wonderful review of Spanish literature... i
couldn't have explained it better (mainly, because i haven't touch a
literature textbook for like 9 years?? :) ). However, on this last
remark you made, i think i can add something finally (i never get a
chance to say much in this list of highly qualified HP experts).
There is another book i would say that had people obsessed with
before Don Quijote (if you don't mind, i'll use the spanish
spelling), and it is exactly the book that he was most obsessed with:
the best of all the chivalry books, called Tirant lo Blanch. This
book was written in catalan, by Joanot Martorell -from Valencia,
south of Catalonia -(mostly, completed by a friend after his death),
in the 1460s. It was soon translated to several languages, it was
that popular. It describes the adventures of the White Knight ( lo
Blanch) called Tirant. 

There is plenty of information on this online, even full texts, but i
warn you, it is long!! (as i well remember from my catalan literature
classes, lol), so i will not bore you with it any more. Just thought
i would add this little remark, being a proud speaker of such an
interesting language :)

Maria


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