The American Idea of England, 1776-1840 : Transatlantic Writing (Paperback)

Contents: Introduction; ’The Britainism of our great men!’: Anglophilia, political writing and the political context of American writing; The history of John Bull: allegorical writing, 1774-1835; The War of 1812: the idea of England and American nationalism; The paper war: Anglo-American recrimination and retaliation; Far hills look green: travel writing; ’[F]air, but different’: England and the English in the American literary imagination, Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.