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082			_a973.3 _bLAW
100			_aLawson Peebles, Robert.
245		0	_aLandscape And Written Expression In Revolutionary America / _cRobert Lawson-Peebles
250			_a1st edition
260			_bCambridge , _c2008. _aNew York :
300			_axiii, 384 p
500			_aThis 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
650			_aAmerican 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
942			_cENG
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