José Joaquín de Mora and Britain: Cultural Transfers and Transformations

By Medina Calzada and Sara Medina Calzada

This book explores the connections that Jos Joaqu n de Mora (1783-1864)
established with Britain, where he was exiled from 1823 to 1826 and was to
return as diplomat in the following decades. His admiration for the British
materialised in a series of cultural transfers aimed at the promotion and diffusion
of British culture in Spain and Spanish America. He contributed to the
popularization of Bentham's utilitarianism, the principles of British classical
economy, and the philosophy of the Scottish School of Common Sense; he
translated texts by Scott and Shakespeare and wrote an unfinished version
of Byron's Don Juan; and, above all, he presented Britain as a model for the
political, economic, and literary regeneration of the Hispanic world.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631879245
• ISBN13: 9783631879245
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"