William Wallace: A National Tale

ISBN-13: 9780748685394 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 272 str.

Morton, Graeme

Opis

A deconstruction of the national biography and mythology of William Wallace. Freed from the historian's bedrock of empiricism by a lack of corroborative sources, the biography of this short-lived late-medieval patriot has long been incorporated into the ideology of nationalism.

Spis treści

Preface; List of Figures; 1. Episodic Nationalism; 2. National Tale; 3. Chronicles; 4. Hary’s Tale; 5. Fixing the Type; 6. The Scottish Chiefs; 7. A Distant Tale; 8. The Feminized Nation; 9. Tall Stories; 10. The People’s Tale; 11. A Nationalist Tale; 12. Moving Image; Bibliography; Index