ABSTRACT The article presents Graham Greene's 1982 Monsignor Quixote as a continuation of romance tradition. It demonstrates how the familiar motif of a quest undertaken by a chivalric knight errant organising the plot of the medieval genre, which conventionally revolved around the...

There is no such thing as a timely death. But just when you thought all the stories on American priests were destined to be about evil committed and covered up, one of the truly great priests was called to his eternal reward. Monsignor...

[Graham Greene's Monsignor Quixote is] a curious little book, which reminds one, unpromisingly, of so many approximate models. Quaint and ingenuous priest, lusty and Communist mayor, set down together among Spain's dusty roads and hostelries—such an odd couple, whatever in the world will they get up to? Except that of course you know what they will get up to, these two good ole' boys together, because not only has Giovanni Guareschi long ago identified the two principal roles in ...