Don Juan (Legendary character)

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85039022
- info:lc/authorities/sh85039022
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85039022#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
- LCSH Collection - Authorized Headings
- LCSH Collection - General Collection
Variants
- Don Giovanni (Legendary character)
- Don Juan
- Giovanni, Don (Legendary character)
- Juan, Don (Legendary character)
- Maraña, Don Juan de (Legendary character)
- Tenorio, Don Juan de (Legendary character)
Broader Terms
- Legends--Spain
Earlier Established Forms
- Don Juan
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Lord Byron's Don Juan, 1987.
- found: Britannica Micro. (Don Juan, fictitious character generally regarded as a symbol of libertinism. He originated in popular legend and was first given literary personality in the tragic drama El burlador de Seville (1630; "The Seducer of Seville"), attributed to the Spanish dramatist Tirso de Molina. Subsequently, Don Juan became the hero-villain of plays, novels, and poems; his legend was assured enduring popularity through Mozart's opera Don Giovanni (1787))
- found: LC database, Mar. 1, 2007 (Don Giovanni)
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2012-07-16: revised

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