Dr Lynda Pratt is Lecturer in Romantic literature at Queen s University, Belfast. In December 1797, George III, accompanied by other members of the royal family and by high-ranking politicians and military figures, processed in state through the streets of London to St Paul s Cathedral to give thanks for Britain s recent naval victories. It reveals a culture far removed from the certainties enshrined in canonical Romanticism, a world in which writing about the navy reveals long-neglected battles over Britain s national and literary identity. All rights reserved. This journal contains information obtained from authentic and highly reliable sources.
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