The propagandistic narration of the defeat of the Spanish Armada and the mythical construction of sir Francis Drake in Romantic Britain
In this article, I analyse the literary images of the Spanish Armada and of one of its main English protagonists, Sir Francis Drake, as perceived and depicted by Robert Southey and by a number of British Romantic poets, travel and short story writers (George Lipscomb, Lord Byron, Thomas Babington Ma...
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| description | In this article, I analyse the literary images of the Spanish Armada and of one of its main English protagonists, Sir Francis Drake, as perceived and depicted by Robert Southey and by a number of British Romantic poets, travel and short story writers (George Lipscomb, Lord Byron, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Joseph Train, Mrs Anna Eliza Bray and Christian Isobel Johnstone). In their literary descriptions of the alleged Spanish naval disaster in 1588, they spread the English “victory” to a wider and a younger readership and mocked Spain’s past naval hegemony. As far as the depiction of the legendary Drake, they insisted on presenting an idealised version of the English hero. I explain the gradual Romantic construction of two popular English myths that are still rampant in the British imaginary: the uncontested English victory on the Spanish Armada in 1588 and the deification of the persona of Drake, a process in which Southey took a leading role. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cdb4d2dff73c46e98960ee629f807dd82023-12-03T17:29:02ZspaUniversidad de CádizCuadernos de Ilustración y Romanticismo2173-06872023-10-012931533010.25267/Cuad_Ilus_romant.2023.i29.17The propagandistic narration of the defeat of the Spanish Armada and the mythical construction of sir Francis Drake in Romantic BritainJosé Ruiz Mas0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2803-9970Universidad de GranadaIn this article, I analyse the literary images of the Spanish Armada and of one of its main English protagonists, Sir Francis Drake, as perceived and depicted by Robert Southey and by a number of British Romantic poets, travel and short story writers (George Lipscomb, Lord Byron, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Joseph Train, Mrs Anna Eliza Bray and Christian Isobel Johnstone). In their literary descriptions of the alleged Spanish naval disaster in 1588, they spread the English “victory” to a wider and a younger readership and mocked Spain’s past naval hegemony. As far as the depiction of the legendary Drake, they insisted on presenting an idealised version of the English hero. I explain the gradual Romantic construction of two popular English myths that are still rampant in the British imaginary: the uncontested English victory on the Spanish Armada in 1588 and the deification of the persona of Drake, a process in which Southey took a leading role.https://revistas.uca.es/index.php/cir/article/view/9902english romanticismthe spanish armadasir francis drakerobert southeythomas babington macaulayanna eliza braydevonshire folklore |
| spellingShingle | José Ruiz Mas The propagandistic narration of the defeat of the Spanish Armada and the mythical construction of sir Francis Drake in Romantic Britain Cuadernos de Ilustración y Romanticismo english romanticism the spanish armada sir francis drake robert southey thomas babington macaulay anna eliza bray devonshire folklore |
| title | The propagandistic narration of the defeat of the Spanish Armada and the mythical construction of sir Francis Drake in Romantic Britain |
| title_full | The propagandistic narration of the defeat of the Spanish Armada and the mythical construction of sir Francis Drake in Romantic Britain |
| title_fullStr | The propagandistic narration of the defeat of the Spanish Armada and the mythical construction of sir Francis Drake in Romantic Britain |
| title_full_unstemmed | The propagandistic narration of the defeat of the Spanish Armada and the mythical construction of sir Francis Drake in Romantic Britain |
| title_short | The propagandistic narration of the defeat of the Spanish Armada and the mythical construction of sir Francis Drake in Romantic Britain |
| title_sort | propagandistic narration of the defeat of the spanish armada and the mythical construction of sir francis drake in romantic britain |
| topic | english romanticism the spanish armada sir francis drake robert southey thomas babington macaulay anna eliza bray devonshire folklore |
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