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  2. Don Juan (poem) - Wikipedia

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    In English literature, Don Juan, written from 1819 to 1824 by the English poet Lord Byron, is a satirical, epic poem that portrays the Spanish folk legend of Don Juan, not as a womaniser as historically portrayed, but as a victim easily seduced by women. [1] As genre literature, Don Juan is an epic poem, written in ottava rima and presented in ...

  3. Don Juan - Wikipedia

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    Don Juan DeMarco (1995), starring Johnny Depp and Marlon Brando, is a film in which a mental patient is convinced he is Don Juan, and retells his life story to a psychiatrist. Don Jon (2013), a film set in New Jersey of the 21st century, features an attractive young man whose addiction to online pornography is compared to his girlfriend's ...

  4. Journey to Ixtlan - Wikipedia

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    It is about an apprenticeship to the Yaqui shaman, Don Juan. [2] The title of this book is taken from an allegory that is recounted to Castaneda by his "benefactor" who is known to Carlos as Don Genaro (Genaro Flores), a close friend of his teacher don Juan Matus. "Ixtlan" turns out to be a metaphorical hometown (or 'place', 'position of being ...

  5. The Stone Guest (play) - Wikipedia

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    Pushkin wrote The Stone Guest in 1830 as part of a collection of four short plays known as Little Tragedies.The play is based on the familiar Don Juan legend (translated with the archaic Russian spelling of Don Guan (Дон Гуан)), but while most traditional adaptations present it as farcical and comedic, Pushkin's "little tragedy" is indeed a romantic tragedy.

  6. The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest - Wikipedia

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    In Seville, Don Diego, Don Juan's father, tells the king that the man who seduced the Duchess Isabela was not Octavio, but Don Juan, and shows a letter from Don Pedro as proof. The King declares Don Juan banished from Seville and retracts his plans to have him marry Doña Ana.

  7. Category:Works based on the Don Juan legend - Wikipedia

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    Plays based on the Don Juan legend‎ (9 P) Pages in category "Works based on the Don Juan legend" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.

  8. Dom Juan - Wikipedia

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    Dom Juan ou le Festin de Pierre ("Don Juan or The Feast of Stone") is a five-act 1665 comedy by Molière based upon the Spanish legend of Don Juan Tenorio. [1] The aristocrat Dom Juan is a rake who seduces, marries, and abandons Elvira, discarded as just another romantic conquest. Later, he invites to dinner the statue of a man whom he recently ...

  9. El estudiante de Salamanca - Wikipedia

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    It was published in fragments beginning in 1837; the complete poem was published in 1840 in the volume Poesías. Parts of it are poetry , other parts drama . It is a variation of the Don Juan legend , with its central character don Félix de Montemar playing the part of Don Juan.