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War Trauma and Alcoholism in the Early Writings of Charlotte and Branwell Brontë
Journal of Victorian Culture ( IF 0.444 ) Pub Date : 2017-07-12 , DOI: 10.1080/13555502.2017.1336471
Emma Butcher 1
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AbstractDuring and after the Napoleonic Wars, there was an outpouring of military-based biographical writing never before seen in British history. Over 200 military memoirs were published either as standalone entities or in periodicals such as Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine and The United Service Journal. As a result, the experiences of ordinary soldiers were brought to the forefront of Britain’s public consciousness. Although many of these memoirs glorified war, a number revealed the psychological damage war inflicted on the British male population and explicitly exposed the horrors of combat to a domestic readership. Furthermore, this explosion of life writing also exposed a connection between suffering and alcoholism, consolidating trauma as a post-war, national problem. The Brontes, typically recognized as canonical, Victorian authors, first participated in this military-based literary movement. This article attempts to reposition and establish two of the siblings – Charlotte and Branwell – as signifi...

中文翻译:

夏洛特和布兰威尔勃朗特早期作品中的战争创伤和酗酒

摘要 在拿破仑战争期间和之后,英国历史上前所未有的以军事为基础的传记写作大量涌现。超过 200 部军事回忆录作为独立实体或在布莱克伍德的爱丁堡杂志和联合服务杂志等期刊上发表。结果,普通士兵的经历被带到了英国公众意识的最前沿。尽管这些回忆录中有许多美化了战争,但也有一些回忆录揭示了战争对英国男性人口造成的心理伤害,并向国内读者明确揭露了战争的恐怖。此外,这种生活写作的爆炸式增长也暴露了痛苦与酗酒之间的联系,将创伤巩固为战后的全国性问题。Brontes,通常被认为是维多利亚时代的经典作家,第一次参加了这场以军事为基础的文学运动。本文试图重新定位和确立两个兄弟姐妹——夏洛特和布兰威尔——作为...
更新日期:2017-07-12
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