{"product_id":"jose-joaquin-de-mora-and-britain-cultural-transfers-and-transformations-9783631879245","title":"José Joaquín de Mora and Britain: Cultural","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores the connections that José Joaquín de Mora (1783–1864)\u003cbr\u003eestablished with Britain, where he was exiled from 1823 to 1826 and was to\u003cbr\u003ereturn as diplomat in the following decades. His admiration for the British\u003cbr\u003ematerialised in a series of cultural transfers aimed at the promotion and diffusion\u003cbr\u003eof British culture in Spain and Spanish America. He contributed to the\u003cbr\u003epopularization of Bentham’s utilitarianism, the principles of British classical\u003cbr\u003eeconomy, and the philosophy of the Scottish School of Common Sense; he\u003cbr\u003etranslated texts by Scott and Shakespeare and wrote an unfinished version\u003cbr\u003eof Byron’s Don Juan; and, above all, he presented Britain as a model for the\u003cbr\u003epolitical, economic, and literary regeneration of the Hispanic world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction — A Model to Emulate: Encoding Britain for a Hispanophone Readership — Education and Useful Knowledge: Popularising British Thought — Literary Transformations: Spreading British Literature in the Hispanic World — Anglo-Hispanic Literature: Transnational Adaptation under Ackermann’s Imprint — Conclusion — Appendices — Bibliography . \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51044557357399,"sku":"9783631879245","price":36.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783631879245.jpg?v=1750962006","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jose-joaquin-de-mora-and-britain-cultural-transfers-and-transformations-9783631879245","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}