The Brontës and War Fantasy and Conflict in Charlotte and Branwell Brontë's Youthful Writings /

• Main Author: Butcher, Emma (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Literature, Modern-19th century.; Military history.; Civilization-History.; Nineteenth-Century Literature.; History of Military.; Cultural History.

The Brontës and War explores the representations of militarisim and masculinity in Charlotte and Branwell Brontë's youthful writings. It offers insight into how the siblings understood and reimagined conflict (both local and overseas) and its emotional legacies whilst growing up in early-nine...

Table of Contents:

• 1. The Brontës at war
• 2. Angria and war in context
• 3. Wellington and Napoleon: the fantastical crafting of military celebrity
• 4. The Napoleonic Wars: 'emotion and the everyday soldier'
• 5. Colonial warfare: 'violence and blackness'
• 6. Civil war and conflict: 'rebellion and revolt'
• 7. Conclusion: The Brontës violent legacies.