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

Martin, Brian Joseph.

Napoleonic friendship : military fraternity, intimacy, and sexuality in nineteenth-century France / Brian Joseph Martin. - Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; (c)2011. Hanover : University Press of New England, (c)2011. - 1 online resource (xvii, 379 pages). - Becoming modern : new nineteenth-century studies .

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

The first book-length study of the origin of queer soldiers in modern France.




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Sociology, Military--History--France--19th century.
Male friendship--History--France--19th century.
Soldiers--History--France--19th century.
French literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Homosexuality in literature.
Male friendship in literature.


Electronic Books.

DC252 / .N376 2011