2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Civil Insurrections in Early America: Cultural Influence and Subversive Imagination in Popular American Literature
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24520327
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Doshisha University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HAYASHI Ichiro 同志社大学, 文学部, 教授 (90097858)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 初期アメリカ / 共和政期 / アンテべラム期 / 組織的反乱 / 体制転覆 / 民衆奴隷 / 独立革命 / 奴隷叛乱 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This project explores the historical/cultural significance of early America's civic/slave insurrections, such as Shays' Rebellion (1786-87) and the New York Conspiracy of 1741, the subversive imaginative appeal of which influenced the popular literature of the time, such as Stephen Burroughs' Memoirs (1798) and "Hay-Mow sermon"(1798). The cultural impact of the events has also extended further into recent American literary works by Jean Paradise, Philip McFarland, Ann Rinaldi and Mat Johnson. Thus, the spirit of civil resistance in early America is a quintessential part of popular American literature.
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| Free Research Field |
人文学
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