The Military Memoir and Romantic Literary Culture, 1780-1835Examining 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. |
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| Title | The Military Memoir and Romantic Literary Culture, 1780-1835 Nineteenth century |
| Author | Neil Ramsey |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2011 |
| ISBN | 140941034X, 9781409410348 |
| Length | 269 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Military / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Gothic & Romance |
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