Heroic Failure and the British

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Social Psychology, History, British, Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Heroic Failure and the British by Stephanie Barczewski, Yale University Press
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Author: Stephanie Barczewski ISBN: 9780300186819
Publisher: Yale University Press Publication: February 18, 2016
Imprint: Yale University Press Language: English
Author: Stephanie Barczewski
ISBN: 9780300186819
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication: February 18, 2016
Imprint: Yale University Press
Language: English
From the Charge of the Light Brigade to Scott of the Antarctic and beyond, it seems as if glorious disaster and valiant defeat have been essential aspects of the British national character for the past two centuries. In this fascinating book, historian Stephanie Barczewski argues that Britain’s embrace of heroic failure initially helped to gloss over the moral ambiguities of imperial expansion. Later, it became a strategy for coming to terms with diminishment and loss. Filled with compelling, moving, and often humorous stories from history, Barczewski’s survey offers a fresh way of thinking about the continuing legacy of empire in British culture today.
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From the Charge of the Light Brigade to Scott of the Antarctic and beyond, it seems as if glorious disaster and valiant defeat have been essential aspects of the British national character for the past two centuries. In this fascinating book, historian Stephanie Barczewski argues that Britain’s embrace of heroic failure initially helped to gloss over the moral ambiguities of imperial expansion. Later, it became a strategy for coming to terms with diminishment and loss. Filled with compelling, moving, and often humorous stories from history, Barczewski’s survey offers a fresh way of thinking about the continuing legacy of empire in British culture today.

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