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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ Press,
2002.
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| Summary: | 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 of political documents. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (pages) |
| ISBN: | 0511045484 9780511045486 |