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1 online resource (xiii, 306 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Alan McNairn analyses representations of General James Wolfe in both popular culture and high art, from mass-produced ceramics to Benjamin West's famous painting of the death of Wolfe, from popular songs to the writings of Oliver Goldsmith, Horace Walpole, Tobias Smollett, Thomas Godfrey, Benjamin Franklin, and William Cowper. He argues that Wolfe became the embodiment of British patriotism and the superiority of the English way of life, and that the multitude of literary and visual works about Wolfe, which focus primarily on his death, were created in an environment in which legends of inspiring, politically persuasive heroics were much in demand." "Behold the Hero will be of interest to historians of eighteenth-century England and North America, art historians, material historians, and students of eighteenth-century English literature and drama."--Jacket. |
| 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"" |
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""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"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wolfe, James, 1727-1759 -- Art.
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Wolfe, James, 1727-1759. |
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Wolfe, James, 1727-1759 -- In literature.
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Wolfe, James, 1727-1759. |
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Wolfe, James, 1727-1759 -- Portraits. |
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Arts, Modern -- 18th century -- Political aspects -- Great Britain.
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Arts, Modern. |
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18th century |
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Great Britain. |
| Chronological Term |
1700 - 1799 |
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Electronic books.
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Art.
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Art.
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Portraits.
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Portraits.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McNairn, Alan. Behold the hero. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1997 (DLC) 97900859 |
| ISBN |
9780773566439 (electronic book) |
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0773566430 (electronic book) |
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0773515399 |
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9780773515390 |
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