War, the hero and the will : Hardy, Tolstoy and the Napoleonic wars /

"Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts and Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace are both works which defy attempts to assign them to a particular genre but might seem to have little else in common apart from being set in the same period of history. This study argues that there are important similarities...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bownas, Jane L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Brighton [England] ; Chicago : Sussex Academic Press, 2015.
Temas:
Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928. > Dynasts.
Tolstoy, Leo, > graf, > 1828-1910. > Voĭna i mir.
Napoleon > I, > Emperor of the French, > 1769-1821 > In literature.
Napoleon > I, > Emperor of the French, > 1769-1821
Dynasts (Hardy, Thomas)
Voĭna i mir (Tolstoy, Leo, graf)
1800-1815
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Literature and the wars.
War in literature.
Heroic virtue in literature.
Free will and determinism in literature.
Guerre dans la littérature.
Vertu héroïque dans la littérature.
Libre arbitre et déterminisme dans la littérature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
War and literature
Free will and determinism in literature
Heroic virtue in literature
Literature
War in literature
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introductory chapter
  • Masterpieces in the making
  • The language of war
  • The hero and the crowd
  • The will and the conscious mind
  • Consequences and conclusions.

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