Gordon, Robert C. Arms and the imagination : essays on war, politics, and Anglophone culture

Folger bibliographic ID: 256131
Folger call number: PR431 .G66 2009
Folger holdings ID: 338791
Accession Number: 266341

General notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

1. Soldiers and the Dream of Control -- 2. John Milton's War in Heaven -- 3. King, Warrior, Poet: The Theatre of Corneille and Racine -- 4. Query, Dryden, and the Unachieved Hero -- 5. Jonathan Swift and the Science of War -- 6. Calliope among the Civilians: Pope's Mock-heroic England -- 7. Cincinnatus Recalled -- 8. Central Intelligence and Social Disorder: Henry Fielding's Theatre of Violence -- 9. Heroism, Civilian and Military: The Grandison-Shandy Antithesis -- 10. Wordsworth and the Roots of Power -- 11. Scott and the Taming of the Sword -- 12. Apocalypse Improvised: The Prophecies of William Blake -- Conclusions Political, Military, and Literary

Item information about Folger PR431 .G66 2009

Gift of John Pocock

Extended title: Arms and the imagination : essays on war, politics, and Anglophone culture / Robert C. Gordon

English literature War and literature Military art and science in literature

author: Gordon, Robert C. (Robert Coningsby)