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Napoleonic friendship : military fraternity, intimacy, and sexuality in nineteenth-century France /

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Main Author: Martin, Brian Joseph
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham, N.H. : Hanover, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press : University Press of New England, [2011]
Series:Becoming modern.
Subjects:
Sociology, Military > France > History > 19th century.
France > History, Military > 19th century.
Male friendship > France > History > 19th century.
Soldiers > France > History > 19th century.
Napoleon > I, > Emperor of the French, > 1769-1821 > Relations with soldiers.
French literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Homosexuality in literature.
Male friendship in literature.
Table of 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.