Arms and the Imagination
Essays on War, Politics, and Anglophone Culture
From the time of John Milton to that of William Blake, the literature of Britain absorbed the impact of two major military developments. In the early modern era, the military revolution strove to establish permanent armies under state discipline and, in England, the resistance to this development exhibited in the controversy over standing armies. In this penetrating and highly original study, Gordon demonstrates that military debate, encouraged by Britain's semi-secure insular situation, had a remarkable impact on the British imagination and its narratives. Affected were structure and closure; character evaluation; heroic and mock-heroic styl…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7618-4194-4
- EAN: 9780761841944
- Produktnummer: 22999898
- Verlag: Hamilton Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 390 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'647 KB
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By Robert C Gordon
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