Behold the Hero

Behold the Hero

Author: Alan McNairn

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780773515390

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He argues that Wolfe became the embodiment of British patriotism and the superiority of the English way of life, and that the multitude of literary and visual works about Wolfe, which focus primarily on his death, were created in an environment in which legends of inspiring, politically persuasive heroics were much in demand.