American Romances Dealing with the Revolutionary War, 1820-1860
FAIN: FT-11860-74
Joseph L. Tribble
University of Massachusetts, Boston (Boston, MA 02125-3300)
To study American romance literature set during the Revolutionary War (1821-1860). The works of romancers such Cooper, Simms, Kennedy and Hoffman, all of whom contributed to the growing sense of national identity by celebrating the American experience, will be dealt with.