Blanco White’s Translations from El conde Lucanor: Two Medieval Spanish Tales in Romantic Britain

This paper analyses Joseph Blanco White’s English translations of tales XI and XLIV Don Juan Manuel’s El conde Lucanor (c. 1331-1335), which were published in the New Monthly Magazine 1824. In these fairly free translations, rewrites recontextualises by updating adapting them to knowledge expectations target readership. His translation decisions, paratexts articles on that he also Variedades; o Mensajero de Londres 1824 shed light his ideas Spanish literature national identity as well role commentator disseminator culture Britain. construct a particular representation Spain where underlines those aspects believes be genuinely Spanish, while including some stereotypical elements Romantic image