Romances of the republic
Subtitle: women, the family, and violence in the literature of the early American nation
By: Shirley Samuels.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism; American fiction -- Male authors -- History and criticism; American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; American fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism; National characteristics, American, in literature; Literature and society -- United States; Man-woman relationships in literature; Violence in literature; Family in literature; Women in literature; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Literature and the revolution
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.