La recepción de Shakespeare en la comunidad británica en Minas de Riotinto y el Alentejo portugués
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Este trabajo propone revelar el desarrollo de
dos bibliotecas victorianas, la “Biblioteca de Recreo”
en el English Club of Rio Tinto en Minas de
Riotinto (Huelva, España) y la biblioteca en el
“Clube do Pessoal da Empresa Mason and Barry
Ltd.” en Mina de Santo Domingos (Mértola,
Portugal). Estas se ubicaron en dos enclaves
británicos mineros fuera de las fronteras de su
Imperio, en la conocida Faja Pirítica Ibérica en el
periodo en el que los británicos se establecieron
en Minas de Santo Domingos (1858-1966) en el
Alentejo portugués y Minas de Riotinto (1873-
1954) en Huelva. Ambas albergan un relevante
legado literario entre los que destaca la presencia
del poeta y dramaturgo William Shakespeare y
la identificación, vinculación e interacción con el
auditorio lector que disfrutaba de sus ejemplares.
La recopilación de datos y manuscritos sobre estas
bibliotecas junto con estudios de recepción de
este autor permiten entender la riqueza de estos
grupos de volúmenes y el eje modélico que representaba
el Bardo inglés cuyas obras se consideran
extraordinarias como rastro de la huella británica
en estos rincones del imperio
This paper seeks to reveal the development of two book collections from two Victorian libraries: the library at the English Club of Rio Tinto in Minas de Riotinto (Huelva, Spain) and the library at the “Clube do Pessoal da Empresa Mason and Barry” in Mina de Santo Domingos (Mertola, Portugal). They were located in two British mining sites that did not belong to the Empire, in the Iberian Pyrites Belt in the villages Mine of San Domingos (1858-1966) in southern Portugal and Minas de Riotinto (1873- 1954) in Huelva. They prove with their catalogues a rich literary legacy of the British in the south of the Iberian Peninsula including the way in which Shakespeare’s plays were portrayed and the interaction with the readers’ wish to share the admiring image of the poet and playwright. The historical documents of these libraries, bearing in mind the critics’ words when they regard the English writer, let us understand the relevance of these collections as well as the English Bard granted as an example of the British trace in this remote area of the Empire
This paper seeks to reveal the development of two book collections from two Victorian libraries: the library at the English Club of Rio Tinto in Minas de Riotinto (Huelva, Spain) and the library at the “Clube do Pessoal da Empresa Mason and Barry” in Mina de Santo Domingos (Mertola, Portugal). They were located in two British mining sites that did not belong to the Empire, in the Iberian Pyrites Belt in the villages Mine of San Domingos (1858-1966) in southern Portugal and Minas de Riotinto (1873- 1954) in Huelva. They prove with their catalogues a rich literary legacy of the British in the south of the Iberian Peninsula including the way in which Shakespeare’s plays were portrayed and the interaction with the readers’ wish to share the admiring image of the poet and playwright. The historical documents of these libraries, bearing in mind the critics’ words when they regard the English writer, let us understand the relevance of these collections as well as the English Bard granted as an example of the British trace in this remote area of the Empire







