The Economy of Glory: From Ancien R?gime France to the Fall of Napoleon

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From the outset of Napoleon's career, the charismatic Corsican was compared to mythic heroes of antiquity like Achilles, and even today he remains the apotheosis of French glory, a value deeply embedded in the country's history. From this angle, the Napoleonic era can be viewed as the final chapter in the battle of the Ancients and Moderns. In this book, Robert Morrissey presents a literary and cultural history of glory and its development in France...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0226924580

ISBN13:9780226924588

Release Date:December 2013

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"

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History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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