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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792420703321

Autore

Walton Susan, Ph.D.

Titolo

Imagining soldiers and fathers in the mid-Victorian era [[electronic resource] ] : Charlotte Yonge's models of manliness / / Susan Walton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2010

ISBN

1-003-06346-2

1-351-15602-0

1-282-52503-4

9786612525032

1-4094-0219-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

823/.8

Soggetti

Men in literature

Soldiers in literature

Fathers in literature

Masculinity in literature

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; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction 'Make us Thine own soldiers true'; 1 Happy Warriors?Military Matters and the 1850's; 2 Shaping Brothers and Sons into Soldiers I; 3 Shaping Brothers and Sons into Soldiers II; 4 The Fatherland of Parish and Community; 5 The Fatherlands of Henrietta's Wish and Hopes and Fears; 6 Missionary Men as Christian Knights; 7 The Heirs of The Heir of Redclyffein the South Pacific; 8 Charlotte Yonge's Historical Heroes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Susan Walton focuses on the life and writings of Charlotte Yonge as a prism for understanding the construction of mid-Victorian masculinities. Hugely popular and prolific, Yonge appealed to a wide audience because she did not parade her religious convictions but embedded them within lively narratives. Walton's study offers important insights into Yonge's models of fatherhood, and her promotion of military values and mission work, both at home and abroad.