From Heroic Retribution to Civilized Violence: Victorian Images of War and the Making of General Gordon
This article considers the emergence of Charles George Gordon (1833–1885) as new type of Christian technological hero in the context of Victorian representations and discussions concerning war. Gordon’s example demonstrates the role of technology in relation to the heroic in three ways: by the atavi...
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Main Author: | Michael Anton Budd |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée
2007-12-01
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Series: | Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens |
Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/cve/10387 |
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