Mercenaries in British and American literature, 1790-1830 : writing, fighting, and marrying for money / Erik Simpson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simpson, Erik, 1972-

Series:

Edinburgh studies in transatlantic literatures.

Edinburgh studies in transatlantic literatures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Mercenary troops in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Mercenaries in British and American Literature, 1790-1830 , Erik Simpson proposes the mercenary as a meeting point of psychological, national, and ideological issues that connected the severed nations of Britain and America following the American Revolution. When writers treat the figure of the mercenary in literary works, the general issues of incentive, independence, and national service become intertwined with two of the well-known social developments of the period: an increased ability of young people to choose their spouses and the shift from patronage to commercial, market-based suppo

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7486-5160-8

1-282-74966-8

9786612749667

0-7486-3645-5

OCLC:

664232831