The Spanish Armada and Drake in English and Spanish Literatures
Spain’s decadence and England’s rise to power is commonly believed to be the result of the uncontested victory of the English navy over Philip II and the Duke of Medina Sidonia’s obsolete and slow Spanish Armada in 1588. Recurrent images of the Protestant God-sent winds and storms against England’s...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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Madrid :
Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert
2024.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Ediciones de Iberoamericana Series
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009840618806719 |
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- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- 1. An Invincible Armada?
- 1588: A clash of titans
- The Spanish Armada vs. the British propagandistic Armada
- 2. The Gran Armada as Perceived through the Lenses of British, Spanish and Irish Chroniclers and Historians
- English/British bibliography on England's most invigorating naval "victory" and Spain's most humiliating "defeat" in the history of the western world
- Spain's modest and belated armada of publications on the "Enterprise of England"
- Irish bibliography on the Spanish Armada: Ireland, the Spaniards' cemetery
- 3. The Spanish Armada in English Literature: The Epic Recreation of an English Victory, of a Resounding Spanish Defeat, and the Negation of the Irish Episode
- English poetry on the Spanish Armada
- English fiction on the Spanish Armada
- English children's and young adults' fiction and history books on the Spanish Armada
- English drama on the Spanish Armada
- 4. Sir Francis Drake vs. el pirata Draque
- Don Pedro de Valdés and his literary projection
- Drake in the English literature of the 16th and 17th centuries and its impact in the ensuing centuries
- Drake, a folkloric and legendary hero of mythological proportions
- "Draque" the pirate in Spanish literature
- 5. Conclusion
- 6. Works Cited
- Backcover.
