Mercenaries in British and American Literature, 1790-1830 : Writing, Fighting, and Marrying for Money /

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In Mercenaries in British and American Literature, 1790-1830, Erik Simpson proposes the mercenary as a meeting point of psychological, national, and ideological issues that connected the severed nations of Britain and America following the American Revolution.When writers treat the figure of the mer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Simpson, Erik (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Colección:Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures : ESTLI
Temas:
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Mercenary troops in literature.
Literary Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION: MERCENARY, CONTRACTOR, VOLUNTEER, SLAVE
  • Chapter 1 ORMOND'S FIGHTERS: AUTHORSHIP, SOLDIERING, AND THE TRANSATLANTIC CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN
  • Chapter 2 ENCOUNTERING THE MERCENARY: NATIVE AMERICAN AUXILIARIES, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, AND CHARLOTTE SMITH
  • Chapter 3 'A GOOD ONE THOUGH RATHER FOR THE FOREIGN MARKET': WALTER SCOTT, LORD BYRON, AND THE ROMANTIC MERCENARY
  • Chapter 4 LOYALTY, INDEPENDENCE, AND JAMES FENIMORE COOPER'S REVOLUTION
  • Chapter 5 THE BRAVOS OF VENICE
  • EPILOGUE: MERCENARIES AND THE MODERN MILITARY
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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