Mercenaries in British and American Literature, 1790-1830: Writing, Fighting, and Marrying for Money

by Erik Simpson

The presence in Romantic-era literature of the mercenary is historically important, but often neglected. This book proposes the mercenary as a focal point for transatlantic analysis in both American and European contexts. The mercenary of popular imagination disregards patriotic feeling in contracting to serve whatever commander will pay well. Like the slave, the mercenary ends up obeying a master with no claim of national, religious, or familial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748636447
• ISBN13: 9780748636440
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher