The Soldier's Two Bodies: Military Sacrifice and Popular Sovereignty in Revolutionary War Veteran Narratives

Investigates an overlooked genre of early American literature - the Revolutionary War veteran narrative - showing that it by turns both promotes and critiques a notion of military heroism as the source of US sovereignty.

• | Author: James M. Greene
• | Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 13, 2020
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780807171646
• | ISBN-10: 0807171646