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Author Olson, Lester C.

Title Emblems of American community in the revolutionary era : a study in rhetorical iconology / Lester C. Olson.

Imprint Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1991.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection J Schick  704.946 Ol8e 1991    ---  Lib Use Only
Description xxi, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-292) and index.
Contents Introduction. The power of the media during the eighteenth century ; The underlying rhetorical structure of the images -- The colonies are a snake. The image of the snake in America ; The image of the snake in Britain -- The colonies are an Indian. The image of the Indian in Britain ; The image of the Indian in America -- The colonies are a child. The image of the child in Britain ; The image of the child in America -- Uncommon images of the colonies. The colonies are a part of the British empire ; The colonies are distinct and united ; The colonies are the limbs or the child of Britannia ; The colonies are a neoclassical god or goddess ; The colonies are an Indian or a rattlesnake ; The colonies are animals.
Subject Emblems -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Art and the revolution.
English language -- United States -- Rhetoric.
American Revolution (1775-1783) (OCoLC)fst01351668
Emblems. (OCoLC)fst00908357
English language -- Rhetoric. (OCoLC)fst00911581
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1700 - 1799
Genre/Form Art. (OCoLC)fst01423702
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 1560980664
9781560980667

 
    
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