The Homely and the Exotic: Spanish Landscape and Space in Felicia Hemans´ Poetry

This dissertation analyses several poetic compositions by the Romantic author Felicia Hemans that deal with Spain. Its main focuses the way in which the author uses Spanish landscapes and spaces to establish a link with Britain at a time of conflict and political instability in European geopolitics....

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Autor: Curto Gamazo, Alexandra
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Valladolid
Repositorio:UVaDOC. Repositorio Documental de la Universidad de Valladolid
OAI Identifier:oai:uvadoc.uva.es:10324/59462
Acceso en línea:https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/59462
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:landscape
Space
Hemans
Spain
Memory
Nationalism
Orientalism
Romanticism
Paisaje
Espacio
Felicia Hemans
España
Memoria
Nacionalismo
Orientalismo
Romanticismo
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Sumario:This dissertation analyses several poetic compositions by the Romantic author Felicia Hemans that deal with Spain. Its main focuses the way in which the author uses Spanish landscapes and spaces to establish a link with Britain at a time of conflict and political instability in European geopolitics. Her poems present a Romanticized and Orientalized image of Spain, which is described as an exotic and distant place, but at the same time the author exploits pathos and sentiment, associating these spaces with positive values and feelings to create a favorable image of them for her readers. Thus, Hemans makes Spain, a distant and exotic place for the British imaginary of the time, appear familiar and close at the same time.