Napoleonic friendship : military fraternity, intimacy, and sexuality in nineteenth-century France / Brian Joseph Martin.

Author/creator Martin, Brian Joseph
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press : Hanover : University Press of New England, ©2011.
Descriptionxvii, 379 pages ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--Relations with soldiers.
Sociology, Military--France. --History. --19th century.
Male friendship--France. --History. --19th century.
Soldiers--France. --History. --19th century.
French literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
Homosexuality in literature.
Male friendship in literature.
France--History, Military. --19th century.

SeriesBecoming modern : new nineteenth-century studies
Becoming modern. ^A486624
Contents Military fraternity from the revolution to Napoleon -- Napoleonic friendship at the top : Marshal Lannes, General Duroc, General Junot -- Napoleonic friendship in the ranks : General Marbot, Captain Coignet, Sergeant Bourgogne -- Wannabes and Waterloo : Stendhal's Napoleonic latecomers -- Grave friendship : Hugo's miserable Waterloo -- An army of bachelors : Napoleonic veterans from Blaze to Balzac -- Combat companions and veteran bedfellows : Balzac's Major Hulot and Colonel Chabert -- Military daddies and veteran rogues : Balzac's Major Genestas and Colonel Bridau -- Neo-Napoleonic friendship : Maupassant, Zola, and the War of 1870 -- Conclusion : homo military modernity: Proust and the First World War.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [329]-350) and index.
LCCN 2010031995
ISBN9781584659235 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1584659238 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781584659563 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1584659564 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781584659440 (electronic)
ISBN1584659440 (electronic)

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Joyner General Stacks DC252.7 .M37 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold