Title: The American idea of England, 1776-1840 : transatlantic writing /
Authors: Clark, Jennifer, 1958-
Year: 2013
Subjects: American prose literature History and criticism.; American prose literature History and criticism.; Politics and literature United States History.; National characteristics, British, in literature.; National characteristics, American, in literature.; Kulturbeziehungen.; Literaturbeziehungen; Außenpolitik; Literatur; Englandbild; Großbritannien.; USA; Großbritannien
Contents: "The Britainism of our great men!": anglophilia, political writing and the political context of American writing -- The history of John Bull: allegorical writing, 1774-1835 -- The war of 1812: the idea of England and American nationalism -- The paper war: Anglo-American recrimination and retaliation -- Far hills look green: travel writing -- "[F]air, But different": England and the English in the American literary imagination.