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      "England expects..." and all that : the visual memory of Horatio Lord Nelson

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      Date
      2008
      Author
      Ward, Brigid Clare Fitzgerald
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      The project of this thesis has been to examine the results of the development of the reputation and concept of the historical figure of Horatio Nelson as symbol of masculinity from nearly the beginning of the myth-making and mythologizing in the nineteenth century to the present. There have been several studies recently that examine Nelson the myth, Nelson as legend, Nelson as hero: they study the process of the development of this character. As a result of the mythologizing the history of Horatio Nelson is likely lost. However the memory of Nelson – a very different thing and the focus of this thesis – has been reinforced through commemoration throughout the two centuries since his death coming to a logical conclusion in 2008. This was done in both the public sphere (in the form of monuments) and in the private sphere (Nelson was merchandised) with the logical result in the first part of the twenty-first century being a manifestation of Nelson in fan culture on the internet. He has now been essentialised, extrapolated, and used in a wide variety of ways to navigate masculinity by both genders.
      Degree
      Master of Arts (M.A.)
      Department
      Art and Art History
      Program
      Art and Art History
      Supervisor
      Holmlund, Mona; Bell, Keith
      Committee
      McMullen, Linda; Kent, Christopher A.; Bell, Lynne
      Copyright Date
      2008
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-06112008-155348
      Subject
      masculinity
      popular visual culture
      Lord Nelson
      British masculinity
      memory
      lieux de memoire
      sites of memory
      British national identity
      British identity
      nineteenth-century popular culture
      popular culture
      fan culture
      fandom
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