Behold the Hero: General Wolfe and the Arts in the Eighteenth CenturyMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1997 - 306 Seiten Alan McNairn analyses representations of General James Wolfe in both popular culture and high art, from mass-produced ceramics to Benjamin West's famous painting of the death of Wolfe, from popular songs to the writings of Oliver Goldsmith, Horace Walpole, Tobias Smollett, Thomas Godfrey, Benjamin Franklin, and William Cowper. He argues that Wolfe became the embodiment of British patriotism and the superiority of the English way of life, and that the multitude of literary and visual works about Wolfe, which focus primarily on his death, were created in an environment in which legends of inspiring, politically persuasive heroics were much in demand. Behold the Hero will be of interest to historians of eighteenth-century England and North America, art historians, material historians, and students of eighteenth-century English literature and drama. |
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... Death of General Wolfe , Edward Penny , oil on canvas The Death of General Wolfe , Richard Houston , 103 engraving based on Edward Penny 106 6.6 Blue - printed platter with The Death of General Wolfe , Jones and Son 107 7.1 Design for a ...
... Death of General Wolfe , Edward Penny , oil on canvas The Death of General Wolfe , Richard Houston , 103 engraving based on Edward Penny 106 6.6 Blue - printed platter with The Death of General Wolfe , Jones and Son 107 7.1 Design for a ...
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American ancient anonymous Apollo Belvedere battle Belvedere Torso Benjamin West British Brunswick Museum Canada Canadian canvas colonies composition conquest of Canada contemporary copy costume death of Wolfe Dodsley drawing edited Edward eighteenth century England English engraving Epaminondas epitaph exhibition fame French Galt George glory hero heroic Hervey Smyth history painting honour Horace Walpole Indian inscription James Wolfe John Trumbull Joseph Joseph Wilton letter liberty London Chronicle Lord memory military Monckton Montcalm Montgomery North America November October officer painter patriotic Penny's Plains of Abraham poem poet poetic popular portrait of Wolfe published Reverend Reynolds Richard Robert Romney Romney's Royal Academy Scots Magazine sculpture Sermon Siege of Quebec Society of Artists soldiers song story Thomas Tobias Smollett Townshend troops University Press victory virtue vols London Webster Canadiana Collection West's Death West's painting West's picture William William Woollett Wilton Wolfe's death Woollett's wounded writer wrote York