# Advertisement explained — The Monk

> Chapter companion for The Monk by M. G. Lewis.

## What happens

The author acknowledges the sources and inspirations for the novel, including the story of Santon Barsisa from The Guardian, the German legend of the Bleeding Nun, a fragment of a Danish ballad, and translations from old Spanish poetry.

## Key lines

> The first idea of this Romance was suggested by the story of the Santon Barsisa, related in The Guardian.

The initial concept for this novel came from the tale of Santon Barsisa, which appeared in The Guardian.

_Acknowledges the primary literary inspiration for the romance._

> The Bleeding Nun is a tradition still credited in many parts of Germany; and I have been told that the ruins of the castle of Lauenstein, which she is supposed to haunt, may yet be seen upon the borders of Thuringia.

The legend of the Bleeding Nun is still believed in many German regions, and the ruins of Lauenstein Castle, where she is said to haunt, can still be found on the Thuringian border.

_References the German folklore element used in the story._

> The Water-King, from the third to the twelfth stanza, is the fragment of an original Danish ballad—and Belerma and Durandarte is translated from some stanzas to be found in a collection of old Spanish poetry, which contains also the popular song of Gayferos and Melesindra, mentioned in Don Quixote.

The Water-King stanzas are from a Danish ballad, and Belerma and Durandarte comes from old Spanish poetry that also includes the song Gayferos and Melesindra, referenced in Don Quixote.

_Lists other borrowed poetic fragments and their sources._

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