Anthony Trollope, The American Senator

Jane Nardin (National University of Singapore)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.07: English Writing and Culture of the Victorian Period, 1837-1901.
Vol. editors: Gillian Fenwick (University of Toronto), Jessica Gossling (Goldsmiths College, University of London)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1876 - 1877

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

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In 1832, a year after her return from a long stay in the United States, an obscure, fifty-three-year-old Englishwoman named Frances Trollope published

Domestic Manners of the Americans

, a mordant attack on the boorishness and smugness of England's transatlantic cousins. The book was an instant best seller and launched Mrs. Trollope on an extremely successful writing career. But it offended many Americans and even some liberal Englishmen who sympathized with America's democratic experiment. In 1862, Mrs. Trollope's son Anthony, a successful novelist, published his own travel book about the United States. Entitled

North America

, this work was a more balanced account of American mores than

Domestic Manners of the Americans

, and it did not offend Trollope's American friends, though…

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Citation: Nardin, Jane. "The American Senator". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 05 April 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=1591, accessed 24 April 2024.]

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