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Dept. of Modern Languages, Denison University, Granville, Ohio 43023. References to the author's own work should be couched in the third person. Cervantes scholars have sought to prove the innocence of the author of Don Quixote in this matter. The present article is not concerned with that issue, but rather seeks to contextualize the case, fleshing out the background against which the events took place. In his greatest and most ambitious novels Cervantes was mindful of the famous ancient examples of that genre, or of like genres.