“El Patriota” de José Mor de Fuentes. Segunda etapa (1813)

Abstract

‘El patriota’ of José Mor de Fuentes. Second period (1813).

This is the second part of an essay (the first instalment was published on “Spagna Contemporanea” last issue) devoted to studying “El patriota”, a magazine edited and published during the War of Independence by the well-known poet and writer José Mor de Fuentes. This part takes into consideration the period after the departure of the French from Madrid, and precisely the bi-weekly issues of “El patriota”, published from July 13, 1813 to the end of the same year. Going into details of the magazine’s contents, the Author clarifies Mor de Fuentes’ political and cultural stance, criticai both of the liberal and servii sides, far away from the Jacobin positions and hoping for an alliance between Spain and England. The study is but a part of a far wider research centered on the Spanish press during the 1808-1814 War of Independence.