Don Quixote was the first novel ever to gain a virtually immediate international reception: within a year of its publication in 1605 it was being read in multiple countries on two continents.
Shortly after that, translations, plays, and works of fiction adapting, or re-accentuating, the character were published and staged throughout Europe.
Cervantes's novel has thus generated perhaps the most interesting and varied history of reception, interpretation, and re-accentuation of any wor.
| Reception | Within a year of its publication in 1605 it was being read in multiple countries on two continents |
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Juan De La Cuesta-hispanic Monographs Don quixote around the globe: perceptions and interpretations, paperback/slav n. gratchev
