The soldier's two bodies: military sacrifice and popular sovereignty in Revolutionary War veteran narratives

"In The Soldier's Two Bodies, James M. Greene investigates an overlooked genre of early American literature--the Revolutionary War veteran narrative--showing that it by turns both promotes and critiques a notion of military heroism as the source of U.S. sovereignty. Personal narratives by...

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Main Author: Greene, James M. 1980- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press [2019]
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Summary:"In The Soldier's Two Bodies, James M. Greene investigates an overlooked genre of early American literature--the Revolutionary War veteran narrative--showing that it by turns both promotes and critiques a notion of military heroism as the source of U.S. sovereignty. Personal narratives by veterans of the American Revolution indicate that soldiers in the United States have been represented in two contrasting ways from the nation's first days: as heroic symbols of the body politic and as human beings whose sufferings are neglected by their country"--
Physical Description:viii, 208 Seiten 23 cm
ISBN:9780807171646

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