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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458380603321

Autore

Martin Brian Joseph

Titolo

Napoleonic friendship [[electronic resource] ] : military fraternity, intimacy, and sexuality in nineteenth-century France / / Brian Joseph Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, N.H., : University of New Hampshire Press

Hanover, N.H., : University Press of New England, c2010

ISBN

1-283-87505-5

1-58465-944-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Collana

Becoming modern : new nineteenth-century studies

Disciplina

940.2/71

Soggetti

Sociology, Military - France - History - 19th century

Male friendship - France - History - 19th century

Soldiers - France - History - 19th century

French literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Homosexuality in literature

Male friendship in literature

Electronic books.

France History, Military 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Series Page; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Introduction; I: Revolution to Empire, 1789-1815; 1: Military Fraternity from the Revolution to Napoleon; 2: Napoleonic Friendship at the Top - Marshal Lannes, General Duroc, General Junot; 3: Napoleonic Friendship in the Ranks - General Marbot, Captain Coignet, Sergeant Bourgogne; II: Waterloo, 1815; 4: Wannabes & Waterloo - Stendhal's Napoleonic Latecomers; 5: Grave Friendship - Hugo's Miserable Waterloo; 6: An Army of Bachelors - Napoleonic Veterans from Blaze to Balzac; III: Restoration to Second Empire, 1815-70

7: Combat Companions & Veteran Bedfellows - Balzac's Major Hulot and Colonel Chabert8: Military Daddies & Veteran Rogues - Balzac's Major Genestas and Colonel Bridau; 9: Neo-Napoleonic Friendship -



Maupassant, Zola, and the War of 1870; Conclusion: Homo Military Modernity - Proust and the First World War; Epilogue: Unknown Soldiers; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The first book-length study of the origin of queer soldiers in modern France