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Don Quijote

Happier without men? Shakespeare and Cervantes’ heroines, religious life, married life, and country life
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Happier without men? Shakespeare and Cervantes’ heroines, religious life, married life, and country life

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Kathryn Swanton

Connan Morrissey (Hermione) and Laura C. Harris (Perdita) embrace at the end of The Winter’s Tale, directed by Blake Robison, Folger Theatre, 2009. Carol Pratt. Shakespeare’s heroines often end up with husbands who don’t seem good enough for them, while…

The Wonder of Will, the Marvel of Miguel: 400 years of Shakespeare and Cervantes
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The Wonder of Will, the Marvel of Miguel: 400 years of Shakespeare and Cervantes

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Kathryn Swanton

This year we remember the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. But 1616 also saw the passing of another great writer: Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra, who we know best as the author of Don Quijote. As Shakespeare…