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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Don Juan Information
2,380 words, approx. 8 pages
 Don Juan (or Don Giovanni) is a legendary fictional libertine, whose story has been told many times by different authors. "El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra ", is a play by Tirso de Molina, published in Spain around 1630 , and set in the 14th... 
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 The Spectator Travels with Don Juan
04/21/2007: 1,011 words, approx. 3 pages Certain cities, like certain men, have the instant power to seduce. Seville, I've discovered, is one. Romantic, classically handsome and oozing charm, it offers glimpses of a fascinating past, combined with irresistible joie de vivre. This is a city utterly committed to pleasure. Perhaps... summary from source:
The Washington Post In Thrall to Don Juan
08/24/2003: 880 words, approx. 3 pages SORCEROR'S APPRENTICE My Life with Carlos Castaneda By Amy Wallace Frog, Ltd. 440 pp. $26 Carlos Castaneda's books have been a pop-cultural phenomenon since the late '60s. His 1968 UCLA anthropology dissertation, "The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way... summary from source:
 The New York Observer The Deadpan Don Juan: Murray Takes Humor Tips
8/14/2005: 2,781 words, approx. 9 pagesJim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers, from his own screenplay, received the Grand Prix (second prize after the Gold Palm) at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. This meant that it had been widely reviewed before I had a chance to see it at a special screening sponsored... summary from source:
The New York Observer The Deadpan Don Juan: Murray Takes Humor Tips
8/14/2005: 2,780 words, approx. 9 pagesJim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers, from his own screenplay, received the Grand Prix (second prize after the Gold Palm) at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. This meant that it had been widely reviewed before I had a chance to see it at a special screening sponsored...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Rolf P. Lessenich
16,392 words, approx. 55 pages
In the following essay, Lessenich explores Byron's characterization of love and war as vain and perilous pursuits, designed to tempt death.
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Critical Essay by Peter W. Graham
13,072 words, approx. 44 pages
In the following essay, Graham illustrates the ways in which Byron set Don Juan against the mores of Regency England and argues that the poem was written both for and from the viewpoint of the “cultivated man.”
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Critical Essay by Elizabeth French Boyd
12,309 words, approx. 41 pages
In the following essay, originally published in 1945, Boyd examines several figures and events that may have inspired various characters and scenes in Don Juan.
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