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1. Elusive Republicanism

Thomas Jefferson and the Foundations of American Politics in Gore Vidal’s Burr

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
  4. Introduction: Liberalism and the Problem of Tradition in American Literature xi
  5. PART I. The Nineteenth-Century Context
  6. 1. Elusive Republicanism 3
  7. 2. “Our Divine Equality” 30
  8. PART II. The Twentieth-Century Context
  9. 3. Ideas in Modulation 63
  10. 4. Liberalism Betrayed 96
  11. Conclusion. Writing the Republic 169
  12. Notes 187
  13. Bibliography 205
  14. Index 221
Writing the Republic
This chapter is in the book Writing the Republic
https://doi.org/10.7312/hutc14138-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
  4. Introduction: Liberalism and the Problem of Tradition in American Literature xi
  5. PART I. The Nineteenth-Century Context
  6. 1. Elusive Republicanism 3
  7. 2. “Our Divine Equality” 30
  8. PART II. The Twentieth-Century Context
  9. 3. Ideas in Modulation 63
  10. 4. Liberalism Betrayed 96
  11. Conclusion. Writing the Republic 169
  12. Notes 187
  13. Bibliography 205
  14. Index 221
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