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While most readers know Don Quixote (1605) as the book that killed chivalric romance, few have actually read the books that made Cervantes laugh. And right at the heart of that genre stands Las sergas de Esplandián (1510) by — where the knight in question is Esplandián , son of the legendary Amadís of Gaul.

is more than a book; it is a literary fossil. It represents the extreme end of the chivalric genre—a world where knights are saints, enemies are demons, and geography is a myth. Esplandian El Caballero Andante.pdf

In this chapter, the author describes the island of (a fictional paradise ruled by Queen Calafia). Montalvo wrote: While most readers know Don Quixote (1605) as

In short: adventure, faith, monsters, and maidens. enemies are demons