Founding fictions /
"Republicanism was an indefinite term" : political fictions as critical tools for citizenship -- "The Revolution was in the minds of the people" : citizens as romantic heroes, 1764-1776 -- "The American Constitution is that little article of HOPE, left at the bottom of Pando...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
2010
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| Series: | Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
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Table of Contents:
- "Republicanism was an indefinite term" : political fictions as critical tools for citizenship
- "The Revolution was in the minds of the people" : citizens as romantic heroes, 1764-1776
- "The American Constitution is that little article of HOPE, left at the bottom of Pandora's box of evils" : citizens as tragic victims, 1783-1789
- "Who would not have been willing to have died such a death?" : citizens as reified patriot heroes, July 4, 1826
- "I will not look up to the weather-cock of popularity, to see which way the gale is blowing" : citizens as ironic partisans, 1816-1845.
