Don Juan (Spanish: [doŋ ˈxwan]), also known as Don Giovanni (Italian), is a legendary fictional Spanish libertine who devotes his life to seducing women. The original version of the story of Don Juan appears in the 1630 play El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra (The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest) by Tirso de Molina. The play includes most of the elements found and later ...
Don Juan, fictitious character who is a symbol of libertinism. Originating in popular legend, he was first given literary personality in the tragic drama El burlador de Sevilla (1630; “The Seducer of Seville,” translated in The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest), attributed to the Spanish
Don Juan | Spanish Legend, Hero-villain of Plays, Novels & Poems ...
The Biography of Don Juan Don Juan, also known as Don Juan Tenorio, is a legendary Spanish figure who has become synonymous with words like "heartbreaker," "seducer," "womanizer," and "rake." The first legend about him was written by the Spanish playwright Tirso de Molina. His play "The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest," set in the 14th century, was published in Spain around 1630. Don ...
Don Juan, the Seducer of Seville,'' originated as a hero-villain of Spanish folk legend, and his fame spread through the rest of Europe in the 17th century. The many versions of his story include a play by Moliere (The Stone Feast,'' 1665), a long poem by Byron (Don Juan,'' 1819-24), and an opera by Mozart (Don Giovanni,'' 1787).
Don Juan stood, and, gazing from the stern, Beheld his native Spain receding far: First partings form a lesson hard to learn, Even nations feel this when they go to war; There is a sort of unexprest concern, A kind of shock that sets one's heart ajar: At leaving even the most unpleasant people And places, one keeps looking at the steeple.