This unique work of scholarship gathers together over a thousand early-modern English references to the writings of the great Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, not only from Don Quixote but also from his ground-breaking Novelas ejemplares.

"The contributors to this volume now offer a comprehensive and innovative picture of this reception history, discussing the English translations of Cervantes's works, the literary genres which developed in his shadow, and the best-known authors who consciously emulated him. Cervantes emerges as perhaps the greatest outside influence on English literature since the Renaissance." --Book Jacket.