El error y la errancia: el pirata «luterano» épico en las Indias

At the turn of the 17th century, English privateers assaulted Spanish West Indian coasts and cities, from the Mar del Norte to the Mar del Sur. This enemy, religious and foreign, the «pirata luterano», became at that time a «two-face» epic hero in the Spanish-American epic poetry cycle: he aroused b...

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Main Author: Lise Segas
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Language:English
Published: UMR 5136- France, Amériques, Espagne – Sociétés, Pouvoirs, Acteurs (FRAMESPA) 2015-12-01
Series:Les Cahiers de Framespa
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/framespa/3543
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description At the turn of the 17th century, English privateers assaulted Spanish West Indian coasts and cities, from the Mar del Norte to the Mar del Sur. This enemy, religious and foreign, the «pirata luterano», became at that time a «two-face» epic hero in the Spanish-American epic poetry cycle: he aroused both the admiration of his contemporaries and at the same time the most severe condemnation for his subversive actions and discourses. This new coastal war that rages is the heart of the poetic narrative of the texts studied here and is also at the origin of a larger and cloaked reflection about colonial society and the role of arms in the Spanish Imperial project.
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El error y la errancia: el pirata «luterano» épico en las Indias
Les Cahiers de Framespa
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English privateer
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epic poetry
Spanish America
title El error y la errancia: el pirata «luterano» épico en las Indias
title_full El error y la errancia: el pirata «luterano» épico en las Indias
title_fullStr El error y la errancia: el pirata «luterano» épico en las Indias
title_full_unstemmed El error y la errancia: el pirata «luterano» épico en las Indias
title_short El error y la errancia: el pirata «luterano» épico en las Indias
title_sort el error y la errancia el pirata luterano epico en las indias
topic heresy
English privateer
navigation
epic poetry
Spanish America
url https://journals.openedition.org/framespa/3543
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