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The Eternal Quest, published in the United States as Tilting at Windmills: A Novel of Cervantes and the Errant Knight, is the debut novel of Julian Branston, published in 2003. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It concerns the writing of the novel Don Quixote .
OK Cobra is a Canadian hip hop duo, ... OK Cobra's third album, "Tilting at Windmills," is planned for an early 2011 release. Discography. 2005 OK Cobra ...
The phrase "tilting at windmills" to describe an act of attacking imaginary enemies (or an act of extreme idealism), derives from an iconic scene in the book. It stands in a unique position between medieval romance and the modern novel. The former consists of disconnected stories featuring the same characters and settings with little ...
Two instrumentals bookend the second half: the first, "Tilting at Windmills", shows a more ambient side to the band, whilst the album's rockiest moment; the seven-minute "Freezing Point" which features frazzled Loop-like repetition and caustic guitars at its final coda, brings things to a noisy conclusion.
Tilting at windmills is an English idiom which means "attacking imaginary enemies", originating from Miguel de Cervantes' novel Don Quixote. Tilting at Windmills may also refer to: The Eternal Quest (2003), also known as Tilting at Windmills , a novel by Julian Branston
The synonym tilt (as in tilting at windmills) dates c. 1510. Jousting on horse is based on the military use of the lance by heavy cavalry.
Constantly in trouble for flouting obscenity laws, Lenny develops a near-messianic complex that fuels both his comedy genius and his talent for self-destruction. Worn out by a lifetime of tilting at establishment windmills, Lenny Bruce dies of a morphine overdose in 1966.
Tilting at windmills, an English idiom; Tilting theory, an algebra theory; Exponential tilting, a probability distribution shifting technique; Tilting three-wheeler, a vehicle which leans when cornering while keeping all of its three wheels on the ground; Tilting train, a train with a mechanism enabling increased speed on regular railroad tracks