Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: The primary aim of the present article is to analyse how the two opposing military leaders – Wellington and Napoleon – were portrayed in British and Portuguese novels and films. The article looks closely at the way British and Portuguese authors perceived the two major figures of the Peninsular War, whilst examining, on the other hand, the way they were depicted in the cinema, contributing in this way, it is hoped, towards the reconstitution of a period of particular importance in Anglo-Portuguese relations. The first part of the study presents an overview of the way the War has been portrayed in Literature and the Cinema and the second looks closely at the many ways such narratives have depicted these great adversaries, two of the most remarkable figures of the nineteenth century.
Authors: David Evans, Gabriela Gândara Terenas, Maria do Rosário Lupi Bello
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2946351939