Heroic failure : the British / Stephanie Barczewski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barczewski, Stephanie L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, British.

Failure (Psychology)--Great Britain--History.

Failure (Psychology).

Heroes--Great Britain--History.

Heroes.

Great Britain--Civilization.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, [Connecticut] ; London, [England] : Yale University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this work, historian Stephanie Barczewski argues that Britain's embrace of heroic failure initially helped to gloss over the moral ambiguities of imperial expansion. Later, it became a strategy for coming to terms with diminishment and loss. Filled with compelling, moving, and often humourous stories from history, Barczewski's survey offers a fresh way of thinking about the continuing legacy of empire in British culture today.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE. HEROIC FAILURE IN BRITAIN PRIOR TO 1850

CHAPTER TWO. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN

CHAPTER THREE. THE CHARGE

CHAPTER FIVE. THE ‘LAST STAND’

CHAPTER SIX GENERAL GORDON

CHAPTER SEVEN. CAPTAIN SCOTT

CONCLUSION

NOTES

ARCHIVAL SOURCES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING

INDEX

ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-300-18681-9

OCLC:

1198929893