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The Culture of the Seven Years' War

Empire, Identity, and the Arts in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

edited by Frans de Bruyn & Shaun Regan

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2014
Category
General, North America, General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442643550
    Publish Date
    Apr 2014
    List Price
    $81.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442696358
    Publish Date
    Apr 2014
    List Price
    $69.00

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The Seven Years’ War (1756–1763) was the decisive conflict of the eighteenth century – Winston Churchill called it the first “world war” – and the clash which forever changed the course of North American history. Yet compared with other momentous conflicts like the Napoleonic Wars or the First World War, the cultural impact of the Seven Years’ War remains woefully understudied.

The Culture of the Seven Years’ War is the first collection of essays to take a broad interdisciplinary and multinational approach to this important global conflict. Rather than focusing exclusively on political, diplomatic, or military issues, this collection examines the impact of representation, identity, and conceptions and experiences of empire.

With essays by notable scholars that address the war’s impact in Europe and the Atlantic world, this volume is sure to become essential reading for those interested in the relationship between war, culture, and the arts.

About the authors

Frans De Bruyn is Professor of English and Vice-Dean in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ottawa.

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Shaun Regan is Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Literature at Queen’s University Belfast.

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Editorial Reviews

‘This excellent collection not only throws valuable light on the period of Seven Years War but also offers a model that is appropriate for other periods…. Well produced and handsomely illustrated.’

Journal of Eighteenth-Century Studies; vol 39:01:2016

‘This handsome collection captures both the uncertainty prior to and the triumphalism after the annus mirabulis of 1759.’

Studies in English Literature vol 55:03:2015