TY - JOUR
T1 - Jefferson's First Declaration of Independence
T2 - A Summary View of the Rights of British America Revisited
AU - Browne, Stephen Howard
PY - 2003/8/1
Y1 - 2003/8/1
N2 - This essay examines Jefferson's Summary View of the Rights of British America as evidence of his craft as a storyteller. Specifically, I argue that Jefferson deploys a series of narrative renderings, the rhetorical effect of which is to eliminate the possibility of any genuine reconciliation with the English government. On the basis of this interpretation I conclude that the Summary View represents Jefferson's first declaration of independence.
AB - This essay examines Jefferson's Summary View of the Rights of British America as evidence of his craft as a storyteller. Specifically, I argue that Jefferson deploys a series of narrative renderings, the rhetorical effect of which is to eliminate the possibility of any genuine reconciliation with the English government. On the basis of this interpretation I conclude that the Summary View represents Jefferson's first declaration of independence.
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U2 - 10.1080/0033563032000125331
DO - 10.1080/0033563032000125331
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0242472778
SN - 0033-5630
VL - 89
SP - 235
EP - 252
JO - Quarterly Journal of Speech
JF - Quarterly Journal of Speech
IS - 3
ER -