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Illuminations for The Duel by Joseph Conrad
Contents
1. Dueling: Napoleon’s Double Standard
2. Reading I: “The Fencing-Masters and The Duelists” by Captain Elzear Blaze.
3. Reception of Conrad’s Napoleonic Tale
4. Reading II: “Dueling In France” by C. Stein in a 1903 edition of Baily’s Magazine of Sport’s and Pastimes
5. The Historical Basis For Conrad’s Duel: Dupont vs. Fournier
The Duelist’s Supplement—The Code Duello: A Diverse Anthology for Personal Use
1. The Viking Holmganga—A reading from Ivar The Viking by Paul du Chailu describing the ritual of the Viking duel.
2. The French Code Duello—The entirety of the French code of conduct concerning duels and duelists, including uncommon variations of duels.
3. The Irish Code Duello—“The practice of Dueling and Points of Honour settled at Clonmell Summer Assizes, 1777, by the Gentlemen Delegates of Tipperary, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, and Roscommon and prescribed for general adoption throughout Ireland.”
4. The Code Duello of The Southern United States—The entirety of John Lyde Wilson’s pamphlet titled, The Code of Honour.
5. Queensbury Rules—The rules developed by John Graham Chambers and endorsed by John Douglas, Marquis of Queensbury, which defined the sport of boxing and took the duel off of the street and into the ring.
6. Rules For An Alternative To Dueling
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