Napoleon and British Culture
c.1815 - 1840
Seiten
2025
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-42294-0 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-42294-0 (ISBN)
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This book studies British cultural engagement with Napoleon Bonaparte from his 1815 surrender and time in British custody, until the return of his remains to France in 1840.
Adopting a chronological approach, James Gregory studies the British use of Bonaparte in various spheres – covering political, dramatic, literary, and visual culture, and popular entertainment over a 25-year period. Gregory acknowledges not only canonical literary treatments, but also appearances of the figure in novels, anecdotes, travelling shows, and private collections – in order to analyse contemporary fascination with Napoleon.
Centring on key themes such as responses to Napoleon’s presence on British territory, and later reactions to his death, Gregory also takes into account the influence of factors such as geography and gender, in order to craft a comprehensive picture of cultural engagement with Napoleon in the period 1815-40. Covering factors including the role of commemoration, the impact of Peterloo and Queen Catherine’s death, and the rise of Romanticism, this book demonstrates how truly pervasive the myth of Napoleon became in 19th-century Britain.
Adopting a chronological approach, James Gregory studies the British use of Bonaparte in various spheres – covering political, dramatic, literary, and visual culture, and popular entertainment over a 25-year period. Gregory acknowledges not only canonical literary treatments, but also appearances of the figure in novels, anecdotes, travelling shows, and private collections – in order to analyse contemporary fascination with Napoleon.
Centring on key themes such as responses to Napoleon’s presence on British territory, and later reactions to his death, Gregory also takes into account the influence of factors such as geography and gender, in order to craft a comprehensive picture of cultural engagement with Napoleon in the period 1815-40. Covering factors including the role of commemoration, the impact of Peterloo and Queen Catherine’s death, and the rise of Romanticism, this book demonstrates how truly pervasive the myth of Napoleon became in 19th-century Britain.
James Gregory is Associate Professor of Modern British History at the University of Plymouth, UK
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Receiving, depicting and remembering Napoleon in Plymouth in 1815
2. Grieving for Napoleon? Early British responses to Napoleon’s death in 1821
3. Napoleon Dying: British commemorative likenesses and relics in the 1820s
4. Napoleon and the British parliamentary reform crisis, 1831 – 1833
5. Napoleon breathing! The effigy of Napoleon exhibited, 1833 – 1835
6. Making a spectacle of Napoleon’s hat in 1830
7. The English lives of Napoleon, 1821 – 1840
Conclusion
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.1.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 10 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-42294-0 / 1350422940 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-42294-0 / 9781350422940 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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