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http://www.psychologyinspain.com/cont...

An article on the psychology of Don Quixote --

Some people just like to read classic books without referring to criticism, reviews, or other information resources about them.

Others like to use information from others to dig more deeply into the books. For those, here are a few possible resources. Be aware that they are likely to contain massive spoilers.

Vladimir Nabokov was not only an award winning novelist, he was also a well regarded critic. While a visiting professor from Cornell to Harvard, he gave a set of lectures on Don Quixote, which were collected into a book Lectures on Don Quixote

I thought it was out of print, but it looks like it's still available, new in paperback, or used in hardback.

Another significant resource is a course on Don Quixote given at Yale by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria, who wrote the introduction to the Penguin edition of DQ. (Unfortunately, it looks as though the edition which can be viewed in Amazon preview has a different intro, not his.) Anyhow, here is the link to the first lecture, which should lead you through the whole course for anybody with the interest and the time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-D0iX...

Everyman wrote: "Some people just like to read classic books without referring to criticism, reviews, or other information resources about them.

Others like to use information from others to dig more deeply into t..."

Thanks for posting the You Tube link to those lectures! I have the Penguin edition and did read the intro by Gonzalez before beginning the book, so I look forward to the lectures. I do like reading additional material, but try to stay away from spoilers, so I'm going to try watching the lecture after each section. I've already found it useful the tidbit in the beginning of the lecture where he clarifies which last name is used in Spanish names (I didn't know where to put my Gabriel Garcia Marquez books, under G or M on my shelf).