Writing the Rebellion - Loyalists and the Literature of Politics in British America

Zusatztext Philip Gould draws attention to the political dimension of contesting literary styles in the northern colonies during the eve of the War of American Independence. He demonstrates that ongoing transatlantic discourse about literary taste and authorship cannot be extricated from revolutionary politics and, in fact, patriot and Loyalist debates contributed to discussions about the relationship between literary form and political trustworthiness. Informationen zum Autor Philip Gould is author of Covenant and Republic: Historical Romance and the Politics of Puritanism and Barbaric Traffic: Commerce and Antislavery in the 18th Century Atlantic World. He co-edited Genius in Bondage: The Literature of the 18th Century Black Atlantic and The Cambridge Companion to 19th Century American Women's Writing. He served as President of the Society of Early Americanists. Klappentext Writing the Rebellion presents a cultural history of loyalist writing in early America, dissolving the old legend that loyalists were more British than American, and patriots the embodiment of a new sensibility. Zusammenfassung Writing the Rebellion presents a cultural history of loyalist writing in early America, dissolving the old legend that loyalists were more British than American, and patriots the embodiment of a new sensibility. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: The Stamp Act Crisis and the Sublime Style of Politics Chapter 2: Wit and Ridicule in Revolutionary New York Chapter 3: Satirizing the Congress: Ancient Balladry and Literary Taste Chapter 4: Loyalists and the Author of Common Sense Chapter 5: New English Rebellion Epilogue

Product details

• Authors: GOULD, Philip Gould, Gould Philip
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2013
• EAN: 9780199967896
• ISBN: 978-0-19-996789-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Oxford Studies in American Literary History; Oxford Studies in American Lit
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, HISTORY / Military / United States, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), American War of Independence, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800), Specific wars and military campaigns