• Book Burning and the Birth of Modernity: Inside Cervantes’ Don Quixote

  • Jan 3 2025
  • Length: 39 mins
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Book Burning and the Birth of Modernity: Inside Cervantes’ Don Quixote

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    Read Don Quixote with me and a community of readers by joining the Literary Canon Club https://www.troubadour.studio/reading...

    In this video, we explore the famous (and surprisingly humorous) book-burning scene in Don Quixote—and how Miguel de Cervantes used satire to critique censorship, champion storytelling, and essentially invent the modern novel. Discover how Don Quixote’s clash between medieval ideals and the realities of a sprawling empire remains relevant in our own time of book bans and cultural shifts. Join me in uncovering the timeless lessons of this literary masterpiece!

    Topics Covered:

    The hilarious yet thought-provoking “book-burning” scene
    Cervantes’ life and disillusionment with chivalric ideals
    The birth of the modern novel form
    Why Don Quixote still matters in our era of censorship
    How stories shape personal identity and cultural values
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