Democracy, revolution, and monarchism in early modern american literature.

A radical revision of some of the most cherished elements of early American cultural identity. Downes argues that the whole construction of a Republican public sphere actually borrowed central features of monarchical rule. Downes discovers this theme in a wide range of American novels and a variety...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Downes, Paul, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge Univ Press, 2002.
Temas:
1700-1799
American literature > Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 18th century.
Revolutionary literature, American > History and criticism.
Revolutions in literature.
Democracy in literature.
Monarchy in literature.
Littérature américaine > 1775-1783 (Période révolutionnaire) > Histoire et critique.
Politique et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Révolutions dans la littérature.
Littérature révolutionnaire américaine > Histoire et critique.
American literature > Revolutionary period (United States)
Democracy in literature
Intellectual life
Monarchy in literature
Politics and literature
Revolutionary literature, American
Revolutions in literature
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Literature and the revolution.
United States > Intellectual life > 18th century.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: the spell of democracy; CHAPTER 1 Monarchophobia: reading the mock executions of 1776; CHAPTER 2 Crèvecoeur's revolutionary loyalism; CHAPTER 3 Citizen subjects: the memoirs of Stephen Burroughs and Benjamin Franklin; CHAPTER 4 An epistemology of the ballot box: Brockden Brown's secrets; CHAPTER 5 Luxury, effeminacy, corruption: Irving and the gender of democracy; Afterword: the revolution's last word; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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