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Cervantes across the Centuries (pp. 136­78) in which he
observes that: “The preoccupation with noting the effects of
reading upon the vital processes of readers is characteristically
Spanish.” Not only is this very fact the principal theme of Don
Quixote :
The effect of books (religious or profane) upon the
life of the reader is an ever-present theme in the letters of
the 16th century. The youth of Ignatius of Loyola was
spent very much in tune with the novels of chivalry, which
he was very curious and fond of reading. But chance
placed in his hands a life of Christ and a Flos Sanctorum .
Not only did he begin to find enjoyment, but his heart
also began to change, and he was filled with the desire to
imitate and put into action what he read. While still
undecided between earthly and heavenly values, he