Personating Stephen Burroughs: The Apparitions of a Public Specter.

This essay discusses the intersection of theatricality and publicity in post-Revolutionary America in the works of writer Stephen Burroughs. The author argues that Burroughs' portrayal of virtue, character, and integrity redefined Republican notions of public personas and ethics. Subjects under disc...

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Published in:	Early American Literature Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 569 - 604
Main Author:	Jaros, Peter
Format:	Essay
Published:	University of North Carolina Press Nov2009
Subjects:	Burroughs, Stephen Virtues in literature Persona (Psychoanalysis) Dramatists Virtues in art Revolutionary (Literary period)
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