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Soldier heroes of the modern world have proved potent images of Britishness and the masculine. Soldier Heroes presents a ground-breaking exploration of the imagining of masculinities in adventure stories. Its analyses range across biographies and news reports, novels and play fantasies. Drawing on literary theory, cultural materialism and psychoanalysis, it traces a history of British heroic masculinities from nineteenth-century imperialism to the present, and examines their internalization in the lived identities of men and boys.

Adventure stories, English --- English literature --- Heroes in literature --- Imperialism in literature --- Masculinity (Psychology) in literature --- Men in literature --- Psychoanalysis and literature --- Soldiers in literature --- War stories, English --- Roman d'aventures anglais --- Littérature anglaise --- Héros dans la littérature --- Impérialisme dans la littérature --- Masculinité (Psychologie) dans la littérature --- Hommes dans la littérature --- Psychanalyse et littérature --- Soldats dans la littérature --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Great Britain. --- Heroes in literature. --- Imperialism in literature. --- Masculinity in literature. --- Men in literature. --- Soldiers in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Littérature anglaise --- Héros dans la littérature --- Impérialisme dans la littérature --- Masculinité (Psychologie) dans la littérature --- Hommes dans la littérature --- Psychanalyse et littérature --- Soldats dans la littérature --- Masculinity in literature