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Since the late 19th century, the legend of Napoleon has spread in China, carrying with it the epic of the French Revolution and images of a romantic Paris, and has always inspired patriotic passion and political imagination among Chinese audience. In the
Chen Jianhua
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The Book by J.B.A. Sharras about the Waterloo Campaign in F.M. Dostoevsky’s Novel “The Idiot” [PDF]
The article examines the role of the book by the outstanding military historian, Colonel J.B.A. Charras (1810–1865), “The History of the Campaign of 1815. Waterloo” (1857), in F.M. Dostoevsky’s novel “The Idiot” (1868).
Nikolay N. Podosokorsky
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Napoleon-Sun in Dostoevsky’s Novel Crime and Punishment [PDF]
The article is dedicated to the historical and cultural fusion of the Napoleonic and solar myth and its reflection in Dostoevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment.
Nikolay N. Podosokorsky
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“Napoleonic” Petersburg and its Reflection in Dostoevsky’s Novel Crime and Punishment [PDF]
The article is devoted to a specific socio-cultural phenomenon, called by the author “Napoleonic” Petersburg, and its reflection in Dostoevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment (1866). In the late 1830s — 1860s the Napoleonic myth manifested itself in several
Nikolay N. Podosokorsky
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Combining archival research, reviews in the press, and scholarship on the Napoleonic legend, this article analyses five waves of plays that were linked to Bonaparte from 1797 to the coup of 18 Brumaire to give the first proper study of the creation and ...
Clare Siviter
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Träume, Utopien, Visionen und Territorien: Annotationen zur Napoleonischen Ikonographie 1814–1941/44
The concepts “dream”, “utopia” and “vision”, which are widely used synonymously in this essay, are investigated with regard to territories using the example of the Napoleonic iconography. The pictorial Napoleonic reception is occasionally supplemented by
Oliver Benjamin Hemmerle
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JOSÉ MARÍA DE TORRIJOS Y LA TEORIZACIÓN DEL POLÍTICO ROMÁNTICO A TRAVÉS DE NAPOLEÓN BONAPARTE
I analyze the translation carried out by José María de Torrijos y Uriarte of the memories that Napoleón dictated to his generals Baron Gourgaud and Count of Montholon, and the introductory biography he added.
Manuel Alvargonzález Fernández
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Fanatismo religioso y decadencia nacional
The writings of Manuel Alonso de Viado during the Peninsular War offer evidence of the significant but largely ignored role played by the supporters of Joseph Bonaparte in the ideological development of modern Spanish liberalism.
Juan Pablo Domínguez
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The legend of Rothschild as the “Napoleon of finance” in Dostoevsky’s novel The Idiot
The article analyzes the Rothschild theme in the novel The Idiot, a motif strictly connected with the myth of Napoleon, in which Dostoevsky was keenly interested during all his artistic life. Both Napoleon’s and Rothschild’s features pertain to Napoleonic heroes such as Ganya Ivolgin and Ippolit Terentev.
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Napoleon Bonaparte as Hero and Saviour: Image, Rhetoric and Behaviour in the Construction of a Legend [PDF]
The media of the day represented three predominant models around Napoleon: the all-conquering victorious general, the virtuous republican who stood above factions, and the man who brought peace to the Continent. These images became the foundation of a 'hero-saviour' myth that helped Napoleon take power on his return from Egypt at the end of 1799 ...
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