01-04-2009, 05:14 PM
Hi all,
I am writing an exam paper about a Spanish book, "Los bandos de Castilla o El caballero del cisne", written by Ramón López Soler in 1830, and heavily influenced by Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe".
The book's titular character, the "caballero del cisne", the "knight of the swan", seems to be an obvious allusion to the French chansons de geste, but, since López Soler apparently was an avid reader of English books as well, I wonder if said "knight of the swan" could also have been taken from a lesser known English novel, maybe one of the Gothic bluebooks your press is specializing on.
So, my question is, does that expression "knight of the swan" sound anyway familar to you?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Yours,
Rafael
I am writing an exam paper about a Spanish book, "Los bandos de Castilla o El caballero del cisne", written by Ramón López Soler in 1830, and heavily influenced by Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe".
The book's titular character, the "caballero del cisne", the "knight of the swan", seems to be an obvious allusion to the French chansons de geste, but, since López Soler apparently was an avid reader of English books as well, I wonder if said "knight of the swan" could also have been taken from a lesser known English novel, maybe one of the Gothic bluebooks your press is specializing on.
So, my question is, does that expression "knight of the swan" sound anyway familar to you?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Yours,
Rafael