Suffering and Sentiment in Romantic Military Art

By Philip Shaw

Book Overview

In a moving intervention into Romantic-era depictions of the dead and wounded, Philip Shaw's timely study directs our gaze to the neglected figure of the common soldier. He examines a wide range of print and visual media, including paintings, political prose, anti-war poetry, early photographs, and the letters and journals of soldiers and surgeons, uncovering a history of changing attitudes that qualify notions of suffering on and off the battlefield as noble or heroic.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138274860
• ISBN13: 9781138274860
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"