Tragedy and Nation in the Age of Napoleon
- Submitting institution
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University of Bristol
- Unit of assessment
- 26 - Modern Languages and Linguistics
- Output identifier
- 249357146
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Voltaire Foundation
- ISBN
- 9781789621051
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- May
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This monograph (c.132,000 words) constitutes the first sustained study of tragedy under Napoleon. Examining 83 plays, this research draws on the analysis of over 200 archival boxes spread across five countries (France, UK, Belgium, Germany, and Italy) and 300 contemporary printed documents to study how a variety of agents used tragedy and its rewriting of history to impact French politics, culture, and society. Using literary, theatrical, socio-political, and reception analysis it argues that Napoleonic tragedy engaged its audiences by chomping at the poetic bit, allowing for a retrial of the Revolution, and offering a vision of the new French nation.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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