This book is arguably the first serious and comprehensive attempt to theorize Cervantes as a modern. It is also a timely study that addresses the novel's relevance for thinking about contemporary issues such as the relation between Islam and Christianity or movements and value systems like feminism and materialism. Graf makes a clear case for Don Quijote as a crucial and primary articulation of modern ideas and sensibilities. E. C. Graf currently teaches at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.