Founding fictions

Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Mercieca, Jennifer R.
Awdur Corfforaethol: ebrary, Inc
Fformat: Electronig eLyfr
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010.
Cyfres:Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
Pynciau:
Mynediad Ar-lein:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Tagiau: Ychwanegu Tag
Dim Tagiau, Byddwch y cyntaf i dagio'r cofnod hwn!
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • "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.