Military memoir and romantic literary culture, 1780–1835, the
Auteur :
Ramsey, Neil
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781409410348
Date de publication :
28 nov. 2011
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
680 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Examining the little-known memoirs and autobiographies of British soldiers during the Romantic period, Ramsey shows how these popular works profoundly shaped nineteenth-century British culture's understanding of war as Romantic adventure, establishing images of the nation's middle-class soldier heroes that would be of enduring significance through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.