Writing the Rebellion: Loyalists and the Literature of Politics in British America

by Philip Gould

Book Overview

Writing the Rebellion presents a cultural history of loyalist writing in early America. There has been a spate of related works, but Philip Gould's narrative offers a completely different view of the loyalist/patriot contentions than appears in any of these accounts. By focusing on the literary projections of the loyalist cause, Gould dissolves the old legend that loyalists were more British than American, and patriots the embodiment of a new sensibility...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190494468
• ISBN13: 9780190494469
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"