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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringMiguel de Cervantes is one of the world's greatest writers. His masterpiece, Don Quixote, is generally regarded as the first modern novel. Its global influence on literature, painting, music, and film has been immense and long-lasting. It was a crucial inspiration for early novelists like Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Daniel Defoe, and Tobias Smollett, with Mary Shelley calling it 'the most successful book in the world'. This Very Short Introduction situates Cervantes within the complex milieu of Spain's Golden Age, ana analyses the evolution of a writer whose experiments with literary form ultimately laid the foundations for the pre-eminent genre of our times. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.