| Democracy, Revolution, and Monarchism in Early American Literature Contributor(s): Downes, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521813395 ISBN-13: 9780521813396 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $122.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 810.935 |
| LCCN: 2002017399 |
| Lexile Measure: 1580 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 252 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Paul Downes offers a radical revision of some of the most cherished elements of early American cultural identity. The founding texts and writers of the Republic, he claims, did not wholly displace what they claimed to oppose. Instead, Downes argues, the entire construction of a Republican public sphere actually borrowed and adapted central features of Monarchical rule. Downes discovers this theme not only in a wide range of American novels, but also in readings of a variety of political documents that created the philosophical culture of the American revolutionary period. |
Contributor Bio(s): Downes, Paul: - Paul Downes is an Associate Professor in the department of English at the University of Toronto. He is the author of a number of articles on eighteenth and nineteenth century American literature. |