Don Quixote is windmillpunk! Less facetiously, it's a work informed by the technological developments of its time. http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/ce

Don Quixote is windmillpunk! Less facetiously, it's a work informed by the technological developments of its time. http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/cervantes-bulletin-of-the-cervantes-society-of-america--8/html/0278c536-82b2-11df-acc7-002185ce6064_18.html http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/cervantes-bulleti... According to this article https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/2/plank2art.htm https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/2/plank2art.htm "windmills were first erected in La Mancha thirty years or less before Don Quixote was written" and this gives new nuances to Quixote's delusion. That's not the only encounter with "advanced" technology; there's also the episode with the water-powered "fulling-hammers" https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/d/don-quixote/summary-and-analysis/part-1-chapter-xx https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/d/don-quixote/summary... Don Quixote also rails against modern military technology like firearms.