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War, the Hero and the Will: Hardy, Tolstoy and the Napoleonic Wars
Jane L. Bownas
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Hardcover. "First published in 2015 in Great Britain by Sussex Academic Press" -- Verso title page. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2AGR; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBJD; HBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts and Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace are both works which defy attempts to assign them to a particular genre but might seem to have little else in common apart from being set in the same period of history. This study argues that there are important similarities between these two works and examines the close correspondence between Hardy's and Tolstoy's thinking on themes relating to war, ideas of the heroic and the concept of free will. Although coming from very different backgrounds, both writers were influenced by their experiences of war, Tolstoy directly, by involvement in the ... Read more
Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts and Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace are both works which defy attempts to assign them to a particular genre but might seem to have little else in common apart from being set in the same period of history. This study argues that there are important similarities between these two works and examines the close correspondence between Hardy's and Tolstoy's thinking on themes relating to war, ideas of the heroic and the concept of free will. Although coming from very different backgrounds, both writers were influenced by their experiences of war, Tolstoy directly, by involvement in the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845196707
SKU
V9781845196707
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About Jane L. Bownas
Jane L. Bownas is an independent scholar. Her publications include Thomas Hardy and Empire (2012), War, the Hero and the Will: Hardy Tolstoy and the Napoleonic Wars (2014), and The Myth of the Modern Hero (2018).
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