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Romances of the republic

by Shirley Samuels

American Historical fictionAmerican fictionFamily in literatureHistorical fiction, AmericanHistoryHistory and criticismLiterature and societyLiterature and the revolution

The politics of identity in the period of the early American republic involved the cultural production of a national self. In Romances of the Republic, Shirley Samuels examines revolutionary rhetoric from the 1790s through the 1850s primarily in novels, but also in poems, pamphlets, political cartoons, and sermons.

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Book data: Open Library