Mercenaries in British and American Literature, 1790â â1830 : Writing, Fighting, and Marrying for Money.
Title:
Mercenaries in British and American Literature, 1790â â1830 : Writing, Fighting, and Marrying for Money.
Author:
Simpson, Erik.
ISBN:
9780748636457
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (209 pages)
Series:
Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures
Contents:
COVER -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: MERCENARY, CONTRACTOR, VOLUNTEER, SLAVE -- 1. ORMOND'S FIGHTERS: AUTHORSHIP, SOLDIERING, AND THE TRANSATLANTIC CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN -- 2. ENCOUNTERING THE MERCENARY: NATIVE AMERICAN AUXILIARIES, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, AND CHARLOTTE SMITH -- 3. 'A GOOD ONE THOUGH RATHER FOR THE FOREIGN MARKET': WALTER SCOTT, LORD BYRON, AND THE ROMANTIC MERCENARY -- 4. LOYALTY, INDEPENDENCE, AND JAMES FENIMORE COOPER'S REVOLUTION -- 5. THE BRAVOS OF VENICE -- EPILOGUE: MERCENARIES AND THE MODERN MILITARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Abstract:
Explores the potential of the mercenary as a focal point for transatlantic analysis in American and European literatures.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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