Napoleón y los románticos españoles: del odio al invasor a la veneración de sus cenizas (1808-1840)

Abstract

This article analyzes different Spanish literary and journalistic readings on the historical and the mythical character of Napoleon, from the start of the War of Independence to the transfer of Napoleon's ashes to Paris. As the wounds of the French invasion on Spanish national pride began to heal, and as the necessary conditions arose for liberalism in its different models to settle, Napoleon became seen as a romantic hero, whose greatness was still capable of awakening the cult of the European nations that were torn between the old and the new regimes.

Keywords

• napoleon
• romanticism
• quintana
• espronceda
• larra