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Medina Calzada, Sara

Sara Medina Calzada teaches English language and literature at the University
of Valladolid (Spain). Her main research interest is in Anglo-Hispanic historical
and cultural relations in the nineteenth century and, more particularly, in
the literary activities of the Spanish liberal exiles in London (1823–1833), the
reception of British literature in the Hispanic world, and the representations
of Spain in Romantic Britain.

José Joaquín de Mora and Britain: Cultural Transfers and Transformations</a>

José Joaquín de Mora and Britain: Cultural Transfers and Transformations

This book explores the connections that José Joaquín de Mora (1783–1864)established with Britain, where he was exiled from 1823 to 1826 and was toreturn as diplomat in the following decades. His admiration for the Britishmaterialised in a series of cultural transfers aimed at the promotion and diffusionof British culture in Spain and Spanish America.