History and Myth in Pictorial Narratives of the Russian 'Patriotic War', 1812-1914
This book reveals that the visual narrative of the events of the Russian campaign of 1812 was inextricably linked to Russia''s search for national identity and helped to form competing definitions of ''Russianness''. No pre-revolutionary military event was more celebrated in Russian literature and art than the ‘Patriotic War of 1812’, during which Napoleon advanced his Grand Armée into Russia, onl...
This book reveals that the visual narrative of the events of the Russian campaign of 1812 was inextricably linked to Russia''s search for national identity and helped to form competing definitions of ''Russianness''. No pre-revolutionary military event was more celebrated in Russian literature and art than the ‘Patriotic War of 1812’, during which Napoleon advanced his Grand Armée into Russia, onl...
