History, Commemoration and National Preoccupation: Trafalgar 1805–2005
Published:
14 June 2007
Online ISBN:
9780191734496
Print ISBN:
9780197264065
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Introduction Introduction
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The News Breaks The News Breaks
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The State Funeral The State Funeral
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The ‘Heroification’ of Nelson The ‘Heroification’ of Nelson
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Immortality Immortality
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Conclusion Conclusion
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4. Nelson the Hero and Horatio the Lover: Projections of the Myth in Canada, the Cinema, and Culture
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2. ‘His dirge our groans—his monument our praise’: Official and Popular Commemoration of Nelson in 1805–6
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22–48
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Published:14 June 2007
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White, Colin, '‘His dirge our groans—his monument our praise’: Official and Popular Commemoration of Nelson in 1805–6', in Holger Hoock (ed.), History, Commemoration and National Preoccupation: Trafalgar 1805–2005 (London , 2007; online edn, British Academy Scholarship Online, 31 Jan. 2012), https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197264065.003.0003, accessed 14 July 2026.
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This chapter asks what the heroification of Nelson immediately after his death entailed. What conflicting images were created, in text and visual media, perhaps continuing the ways in which Nelson himself had manipulated his image during his lifetime? Contrasting official with popular commemoration, and exploring their interaction, it presents a nuanced picture of ‘national’ commemorations.
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