Palabras clave
The Spanish Armada
Sir Francis Drake
Don Pedro de Valdés
Nuestra Señora del Rosario Literatura inglesa pre-moderna, La Gran Armada, Sir Francis Drake, Don Pedro de Valdés, Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Resumen
En este artículo presento un contraste entre las imágenes de Sir Francis Drake tras su enfrentamiento a la Gran Armada en 1588 y Don Pedro de Valdés, aristocrático comandante de la escuadra de Andalucía, en la producción literaria y propagandística inglesas de aquellos días. Drake capturó el galeón “Nuestra Señora del Rosario”, comandado por Valdés, aprovechando que este había quedado accidentado e inservible y Don Pedro se vio obligado a sufrir cautiverio en Inglaterra durante varios años hasta que su elevado rescate fue abonado por su familia. En la literatura inglesa del periodo inmediatamente posterior a 1588 se describe la captura del galeón como un épico acto de un Drake considerado modelo de héroe inglés en pleno proceso de deificación como perfecto almirante y artífice de la victoria naval. Por el contrario, Valdés es presentado como cobarde, vanidoso e inepto contrapunto de Drake, como un ridículo representante del archienemigo español. A partir de la popularidad otorgada en Inglaterra al suceso, el personaje literario del español en varias obras relacionadas con la Gran Armada u otros asuntos españoles se manifestará sobre todo en forma de estereotipada recreación de un antagonista de escasas cualidades frecuentemente llamado Valdes/Valdez
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