Behold the Hero : General Wolfe and the Arts in the Eighteenth Century.
Title:
Behold the Hero : General Wolfe and the Arts in the Eighteenth Century.
Author:
McNairn, Alan.
ISBN:
9780773566439
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (321 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- 1 Up, Up, with Roast Beef -- 2 Sorrow Turned into Joy -- 3 The Glorious Catastrophe -- 4 Too Short Was His Life, But Immortal His Deeds -- 5 They Vote a Monument of Lasting Fame -- 6 A Coat and Waistcoat Subject -- 7 Ardent for Fame -- 8 A Revolution in Art -- 9 It Was He Who Had Immortalized Wolfe -- 10 Lively and Impressive Instruction -- 11 The Front Face Is No Likeness at All -- 12 Wolfe Now Detached and Bent on Bolder Deeds -- 13 Postscript: The Realism Was Overpowering -- Appendix: Birth and Death Dates of Individuals Discussed in the Text -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
General James Wolfe's death on 13 September 1759 at the moment of British victory over the French on the Plains of Abraham in New France instantly elevated him to the pantheon of British heroes. His courage, his glorious death, and his ability to lead the English and their American colonial brethren in their pursuit of liberty was celebrated in sermons, poetry, drama, music, sculpture, prints, paintings, and decorative arts. Exploring the reasons behind Wolfe's posthumous popularity, Alan McNairn examines depictions of Wolfe in literature and visual arts in England and North America and their aesthetic and political meaning.
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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