Jefferson and the Iconography of Romanticism

1999. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-333-69824-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 207 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

Reihe: Romanticism in Perspective:Texts, Cultures, Histories

Jefferson and the Iconography of Romanticism is the first full-length study to examine how Jefferson, in the process of inventing the USA as the first new nation of the Romantic era, sought to find an appropriate imagery to represent the people, their homeland and the cultural ideal to which they should aspire. It examines in detail the role of his villa at Monticello in embodying the national ideal, shows how those ideals emerged and how they were subsequently challenged by the reinterpretation of Jefferson's iconography.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kelsall, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements List of Plates The Pilgrimage to Monticello Kennst du das Land? Notes on the State of Virginia The Villa on a Hill Writing Monticello Notes Index

Über Autor(innen)

MALCOLM KELSALL is Professor of English, University of Wales, Cardiff; formerly Professor of English, University College, Cardiff, since 1975. Author (1981), (1981), (1987, awarded the Elma Dangerfield Prize, 1991), (1992)