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2017 | Białostockie Teki Historyczne, 2017, tom 15 |

Article title

The myth of the American Revolution and the heroic representations of Tadeusz Kościuszko in the American press of the Early Republic

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Mit Rewolucji Amerykańskiej a heroiczny wizerunek Tadeusza Kościuszki w amerykańskiej prasie w okresie Wczesnej Republiki

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The article offers an analysis of the representations of Tadeusz Kościuszko in early American newspapers (1776-1820). The study shows that the American press presented Kościuszko as a heroic figure, significant in the making of America as a nation through his participation in the War of Independence. Kościuszko was not initially recognized as an important military leader of the Revolution, but he was re-discovered as an American hero after he had distinguished himself as the leader of the 1794 uprising in Poland. The mythologization of Kościuszko consisted in interpreting his life as a struggle for liberty, equality, and republicanism, the values which laid at the foundation of America as a nation.
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Artykuł stanowi analizę wizerunku Tadeusza Kościuszki we wczesnej prasie amerykańskiej (1776-1820). Wyniki badań wskazują, że prasa amerykańska przedstawiała Kościuszkę jako bohatera, postać ważną dla procesu tworzenia się (powstawania) Ameryki poprzez jego udział w Rewolucji Amerykańskiej. Początkowo Kościuszko nie był uznawany za wojskowego przywódcę Rewolucji, ale został okrzyknięty bohaterem amerykańskim po tym jak wsławił się jako przywódca powstania z 1794 roku w Polsce. Mitologizacja Kościuszki polegała na przedstawianiu jego życia jako walki o wolność, równość i republikanizm, wartości które leżały u podwalin amerykańskiego narodu.

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Publication order reference

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http://hdl.handle.net/11320/6338

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bwmeta1.element.hdl_11320_6338
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