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Reviews

"From the simple fact that Jefferson's text was intended to be read aloud as a literal declaration of political independence, Fliegelman has woven a truly brilliant picture of Jefferson, the document, and American politics and letters... The result is a profoundly exciting new way of understanding the Declaration, its author, and the performative act of the Revolution itself." - Isaac Kramnick, Cornell University. "Will more or less immediately transform current study of 18th-century American literature and culture." - Mitchell Breitwieser, University of California, Berkeley. "Such a deft blending of careful accessibility and intellectual sophistication that it will be useful and compelling to a range of scholars, from undergraduates to professors of English, history, and political science." - Mitchell Breitwieser, University of California, Berkeley.