Elizabeth Duquette, American Tyrannies in the Long Age of Napoleon. Oxford Studies in American Literary History

Imperial Exploits and American Democracy’s Dark OtherElizabeth Duquette’s American Tyrannies in the Long Age of Napoleon is a deeply thoughtful, wide-ranging and formidably scholarly study. The book weaves together two guiding themes: the multiple manifestations of political, social and personal ty...

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Auteur principal: Williams, Merle A.
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Langue:Anglais
Publié: European journal of American studies 2026
Accès en ligne:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Résumé:Imperial Exploits and American Democracy’s Dark OtherElizabeth Duquette’s American Tyrannies in the Long Age of Napoleon is a deeply thoughtful, wide-ranging and formidably scholarly study. The book weaves together two guiding themes: the multiple manifestations of political, social and personal tyranny in the nineteenth-century United States and the pervasive influence of Napoleon Bonaparte across continents, ideologies and cultural imaginaries. Duquette contends that the broadly accepted n...