Writing War in Britain and France, 1370-1854: A History of Emotions

Andrew Lynch (Editor), Stephanie Downes (Editor), Katrina O'Loughlin (Editor)

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Abstract

Writing War in Britain and France, 1370-1854: A History of Emotions brings together leading scholars in medieval, early modern, eighteenth-century, and Romantic studies. The assembled essays trace continuities and changes in the emotional register of war, as it has been mediated by the written record over six centuries.

Through its wide selection of sites of utterance, genres of writing and contexts of publication and reception, Writing War in Britain and France, 1370-1854 analyses the emotional history of war in relation to both the changing nature of conflicts and the changing creative modes in which they have been arrayed and experienced. Each chapter explores how different forms of writing defines war – whether as political violence, civilian suffering, or a theatre of heroism or barbarism – giving war shape and meaning, often retrospectively. The volume is especially interested in how the written production of war as emotional experience occurs within a wider historical range of cultural and social practices. 
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationAbingdon
PublisherRoutledge
Number of pages243
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)9780429446245
ISBN (Print)9781138219168, 9781138214139
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2018

Publication series

NameThemes in Medieval and Early Modern History
PublisherRoutledge

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