Romances of the republic
by Shirley Samuels · 1996
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.
American Historical fictionAmerican fictionFamily in literatureHistorical fiction, AmericanHistoryHistory and criticismLiterature and societyLiterature and the revolutionMale authorsMan-woman relationships in literatureNational characteristics, American, in literatureViolence in literature