TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lawson Peebles, Robert.
TI  - Landscape And Written Expression In Revolutionary America
SN  - 9780521070805
U1  - 973.3 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge
KW  - American literature 1783-1850 History and criticism American literature Revolutionary period (United States) American literature Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 History and criticism Criticism, interpretation, etc États-Unis Vie intellectuelle 18e siècle History Intellectual life Landscapes in literature
N1  - This book attempts an interpretation of Revolutionary American culture. It argues that the cultural identity of the United States, like its political identity, emerged from a quarrel with the Old World. Europeans believed that the Revolution had 'turned the world upside down.' American intellectuals tried to construct a republic which refuted European criticism. They failed, but in failing they created an attitude to the terrain which became a central theme in American culture

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