Among the distinguished scholars who subscribe to this perspective are Gilman (17076). Murillo (see his introduction to Don Quijote, II, 16), and Gaos («El Quijote de Avellaneda» 78). The operative notion here is that writers simply plop their thoughts down as soon as they come to mind, rarely being capable of waiting for the right moment to deploy them. (N. from the A.)

This calculation of the time available to Cervantes is based on Albert Sicroff's detailed assessment in «La segunda muerte de don Quijote como respuesta a Avellaneda» (26869). With the increasing hegemony of computer technology over our mental production, we tend to forget that «cutting and pasting» and «inserting» existed long before the advent of the microchip. (N. from the A.)

George Mariscal is a recent advocate of the notion of a conservative turn in Part II (e. g., 154 and 17576), though without ever explaining why it comes about. (N. from the A.)

See Márquez Villanueva 111, n. 35, for the connotations of «Martín». It should be noted that Thomas Lathrop did point out (in «Avellaneda y Cervantes: el nombre de don Quijote») that Cervantes probably gave a first name to his protagonist to distinguish him from Avellaneda's, but without pointing out the specific overtones of «Martín». (N. from the A.)

See his analysis of all the surnames proposed for Don Quijote in «El personaje de don Quijote: tradiciones folklórico-literarias, contexto histórico y elaboración cervantina» (4149). (N. from the A.)

Filleau de Saint-Martin (1678) and «J. B. R». (1682), respectively (see Cherchi, 30). (N. from the A.)

See, for example, Marín's «Cervantes frente a Avellaneda: la duquesa y Bárbara» and «Reconocimiento y expiación: Don Juan, Don Jerónimo, Don Álvaro, Don Quijote»; Martín Morán's «Cervantes y Avellaneda: apuntes para una relectura del Quijote»; Romero's «Nueva lectura de El retablo de maese Pedro» and «La invención de Sansón Carrasco». Nor should we forget Albert Sicroff's pioneering «La segunda muerte de don Quijote», cited above. (N. from the A.)

As words will but imperfectly convey an idea of this laborious undertaking, specimens of each will, in a proper place, be added. (N. from the A.)

«Toutefois celui jour au matin Rolland, devant que partir pour aller combattre, s'était confessé et avoir reçu le sacrement de l'autel (car la coutume des gens de l'ost de Charlemagne était telle) que devant que entrer en bataille ils confessaient et recevaient leur rédempteur, et le nôtre». Bouchard, Annales de Bretagne (Paris, 1531), f. 606. (N. from the A.)

Peronniana, 147. (N. from the A.)