Published: 28 July, 2024
Source: The News on Sunday
From Delhi to Lucknow
Why did Don Quixote, a 17th-Century Spanish novel, gain such popularity in the 19th-Century Lucknow? Was its allure linked to its European origins—an object of desire at the time—or was there deeper cultural resonance between the 19th-Century Lucknow and the 17th-Century Spain?
The fact is that despite the vast differences in their cultures the late 19th-Century Lucknow and the world depicted in Don Quixote shared several traits, such as wit, humour, satire, ostentation and elegance.