Identifier: 42

Title of the Review/Article: 

The Dean of Santiago. A Tale from the Conde Lucanor. (Article no. XXIV)

Periodical (dates): The New Monthly Magazine (1814-1884)
Volume: 11
Number: 44
Date: 1824 (August)
Place of publication: London
Pages: 97-103
Editor: Henry Colburn (1784/5-1855)
Author (Reviewer): Joseph Blanco White (1775-1841)
Brief description:

Blanco discusses the imaginative power of Spanish medieval literature. To illustrate his views, he translates “Lo que sucedió a un deán de Santiago con don Illán, el mago de Toledo,” tale XI of Don Juan Manuel’s El conde Lucanor.


Spanish authors mentioned:

Don Juan Manuel (1282-1348)


Spanish works mentioned:

El Conde Lucanor (Don Juan Manuel, 1575)


Spanish works translated (P=Partially, F=Fully):

“Lo que sucedió a un deán de Santiago con don Illán, el mago de Toledo” [El conde Lucanor] (Don Juan Manuel, 1575) (F)


Spanish place names:

Toledo

Santiago de Compostela


External link to the review: Click here