Jefferson and the Iconography of Romanticism: Folk, Land, Culture and the Romantic Nation (Romanticism in Perspective : Texts, Cultures, Histories) - Hardcover

Malcolm Kelsall

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312222521 ISBN 13: 9780312222529

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999

Synopsis

Examines Jefferson's role in establishing an iconography for the newly emergent country, and his invention of an idealized image of an ordinary American people, focusing on the national iconography of Jefferson's villa at Monticello. Contextualizes the villa in relation to his earlier explorations of American identity, examines the attempt to establish at Monticello fixed signs of the myth of the Fourth of July, and shows how Monticello became a site of contention in the definition of what it is to be American. Includes b&w photos and illustrations of interiors and exteriors of historical sites. The author is a professor of English at the University of Wales-Cardiff. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author:

MALCOLM KELSALL is Professor of English, University of Wales, Cardiff; formerly Professor of English, University College, Cardiff, since 1975. Author Christopher Marlowe (1981), Congreve: The Way of the World (1981), Byron's Politics (1987, awarded the Elma Dangerfield Prize, 1991), The Great Good Place: The Country House and English Literature (1992)

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0312222521
• ISBN 13: 9780312222529
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224