Double-Crossings: The Trans-American Patriot of Francis Berrian

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Western AmericanLiterature

Volume

44

Issue

4

Publication Date

2010

First Page

312

Last Page

341

Abstract

“Double-Crossings: The Trans-American Patriotism of Francis Berrian” examines Timothy Flint’s unusual novel Francis Berrian, or The Mexican Patriot (1826), which tells the story of an itinerant New Englander who joins in the Mexican struggle for independence from Spain. By tracing Berrian’s border-crossing adventures, this essay shows how Flint’s novel re-orients US citizenship in relation to the history and culture of the newly emerging Mexican republic, a move which ultimately encouraged readers to imagine American identity in more hemispheric and multinational terms.

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