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Francis Jeffrey's American Journal - New York to Washington 1813 (Paperback, New)
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Francis Jeffrey's American Journal - New York to Washington 1813 (Paperback, New)
Series: Perspectives: Scottish Studies of The Long Eighteenth Century Series
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Loot Price R478
Discovery Miles 4 780
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"Francis Jeffrey is celebrated as the editor of the Edinburgh
Review, but little is known of his remarkable visit to America and
his enthusiastic reception by American readers. Elliott and Hook
have produced a marvellous edition of Jeffrey's record of his
journey between New York and Washington during the second
Anglo-American War. Historians will be fascinated by Jeffrey's
account of his discussion of British-American differences with
President James Madison and Secretary of State James Monroe, which
furnish remarkable first hand accounts of these men's beliefs about
the origins and nature of the conflict. Literary scholars will be
intrigued by the unsuspected romantic sensibilities evident in
Jeffrey's descriptions of the American environment. This is an
excellent edition of Jeffrey's engaging account of the new American
republic." -- Simon P. Newman, Sir Denis Brogan Professor of
American Studies, University of Glasgow. Clare Elliott is Lecturer
in Nineteenth-Century Literature at Northumbria University and has
taught at the universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, recently
completing a post at Teesside University. Her research interests
lie in Transatlantic Literary Studies, Transnationalism and
Transatlantic Romanticisms. Clare has published on William Blake,
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman and is reviewer of American
literature to 1900 for the Years Work in English Studies. The long
eighteenth century in Scotland is increasingly recognized as a
period of outstanding cultural achievement. In these years both the
Scottish Enlightenment and Scottish Romanticism made lasting
contributions to Western intellectual and cultural life. This
series is designed to further our understanding of this crucial era
in a range of ways: by reprinting less familiar but important works
by writers in the period itself; by producing new editions of key
out-of-print books by modern scholars; and by publishing new
research and criticism by contemporary scholars. Perspectives:
Scottish Studies of the long Eighteenth Century Series Editor:
Andrew Hook
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