Note 202 — Chapter VII · THE ITALIAN INFLUENCE

Churton Collins, however, makes the statement that “Don Juan is full of reminiscences of the Novelle,” and points out definite parallelisms between Novella IV., La Diavolessa, and the plot of Don Juan. He adds: “To Casti, then, undoubtedly belongs the honour of having suggested and furnished Byron with a model for Don Juan.” (Studies in Poetry and Criticism, pp. 97–98.) It seems probable, however, that Byron took even more from Il Poema Tartaro than he did from the Novelle. Casti’s Gli Animali Parlanti and Il Poema Tartaro are not mentioned in Collins’s study.