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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Harris, Marc |
| Title, Analytic | A Would-be Whig Ascendancy of Fashion: Francis J. Grund's 'Aristocracy in America' as a Satirical Account |
| Journal Title | Yearbook of German-American Studies |
| Date of Publication | 1988 |
| Volume ID | 23 |
| Location in Work | 73-90 |
| Abstract | Francis J. Grund's Aristocracy in America is a principled and partisan satire on the possibility of an American aristocracy. Travel accounts of the early nineteenth century were part of a larger European dialogue about liberalism and reform, a dialogue in which Grund's place is only recently gaining appreciation. Grund produced two such works, The Americans in their Moral, Social, and Political Relations, published in 1837, and Aristocracy in America, published in 1839. Grund was engaged in American political dialogue as a partisian (Democrat) politician and journalist. Aristocracy in America is a stinging critique of Grund's political enemies. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | America in German literature/ Humor & Satire/ Politics/ Travel in literature/ United States in literature |