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UNISA996207148503316 |
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Autore |
Spiers Edward M |
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Titolo |
The Victorian soldier in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / Edward M. Spiers |
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Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press |
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New York, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2004 |
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1-84779-546-3 |
1-78170-055-9 |
1-280-73410-8 |
9786610734108 |
1-84779-097-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 212 pages) : maps, plans; digital file(s) |
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Soggetti |
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Soldiers - Africa |
Great Britain History |
Africa History, Military 19th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-202) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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General editor's introduction --Introduction page --1. Fighting the Asante --2. Campaigning in southern Africa --3. Battling the Boers --4. Intervention in Egypt -- 5. Engaging the Mahdists -- 6. The Gordon relief expedition --7. Trekking through Bechuanaland --8. Reconquering the Sudan -- 9. Re-engaging the Boers --Epilogue --Bibliography --Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book re-examines the campaign experience of British soldiers in Africa during the period 1874-1902. It uses using a range of sources, such as letters and diaries, to allow soldiers to 'speak form themselves' about their experience of colonial |
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UNINA9910792773503321 |
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Romantic biography / / edited by Arthur Bradley and Alan Rawes |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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1-351-90250-4 |
1-138-27347-3 |
1-315-24392-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (221 pages) : illustrations |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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English prose literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Biography as a literary form |
English prose literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
Authors, English - Biography - History and criticism |
American prose literature - History and criticism |
Romanticism - English-speaking countries |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2003 by Ashgate Publishing. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. 'The tears shed or unshed' : Romantic poetry and questions of biography / Michael 0'Neill -- 2. John Clare : prologue to a new life / Jonathan Bate -- 3. Romantic biography : the case of Robert Southey / Mark Storey -- 4. A tale of two titles / Kenneth R. Johnston -- 5. Austen, 'enigmatic lacunae' and the art of biography / Joe Bray -- 6. 'That perverse passion' and Benita Eisler's 'Byronic' biography of Byron / Alan Rawes -- 7. Remaking Romantic Scotland : Lockhart's biographies of Burns and Scott / Gerard Carruthers -- 8. Self-possession and gender in Romantic literary biography / Julian North -- 9. Keats's frailty : the body and biography / Jennifer Wallace -- 10. 'Winging itself with laughter' : Byron and Shelley after deconstruction / Arthur Bradley -- 11. Writing biography that is not Romantic / Ralph Pite. |
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