Title

Lafayette in two worlds : public cultures and personal identities in an age of revolutions

Description

Kramer examines how Lafayette influenced the politics and culture of his day.

Identifier

597546

807822582

Creator

Kramer, Lloyd S

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

1996

Program air date: September 15, 1996

Publisher

University of North Carolina Press

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations

Notes on front endpaper: Lafayette Park across from W.H.. 13 Towns named after LaFayette. Lafayette College. Notes on half-title: 1. Cynics-p. 277; 2. Lafayette-no other foreigner has met so many Amer. (Aug 1824 to Sept 1825) p 199; 3. How close was he to Geo. Washington; 4. What is liberal Romanticism; 5. Why did he have a representative of being "a dumbell"; Where was La Grange/ His apt in Paris Tuesday Soirees--40 miles SE; 7. What's the Great man theory of History p. 119; 8. What was the Lafayette Text--prison 5 years; 9. How many children--what about Geo WASH Lafayette; 10. What did it mean to belong to the American Philosophical Society; 11. What did it mean to head of the National Guard; 12. [Crossed through] what was Layfayette's relationship with George WASH; 13. Why did Laf go to prison for 5 years; 14. Laf was deist--what was that; 15. Marriage was unusually happy--died 48 p. 139; 16. American Revolution--starting point of modern world history p. 201; 17. Tocqueville p. 185; 18. What was LaFayette's relationship to James Fennimore Cooper. Notes on half-title verso: Favorite natural right. Liberty--individual freedom to act and speak without constraints of inherited priveledge (aristocracy) or official censorship (church, state). 6 volumes posthumous Memoires--Lafayettes Oct 30, 1818 elected to chamber of Deputies, Sarthe.

On the dedication page Lamb has written a chronology of events in Lafayette's life from his birth in 1757 to 1847. Some chapters on the Contents page are checked and the illustrations page has some underlinings and circling of page numbers.

Underlinings/Notes:

Underlinings: Lafayette's reputation, influence, themes, connections to US, as a politician, agenda, writings, career, friendships, letters.

Notes: "Why? What?" "Immature, mediocre, vain," "Gottschalk," "J.Q.A.," "Simon Scama--naive, boyish, lacking in intelligence," "an accident," "at Cornell--Roger Smith critically injured," "letters [. . .] 20th century detractors," "John Stewart Mills," "Thomas Jefferson," "canine appetite for popularity," "Thomas Jeff," "b. 1757-1834; father dies 1759; M. dies 1770; marries (17) 1774," "America 1777-81; 1789-91; 92-97 prison; farmer; wife dies 1807; Deputy 1818; tour of America 1824-25; d. 1834 76," "Why a command?" "1778 furlough to France," "the Marquis," "French force 1780," "learning English quickly," "Virginia campaign 1781," "simple manners, honesty, liberty," "French kept separate," "European perceptions," "politics," "Rochambeau," strategies," "fool or simpleton," "tricolored cockade, white horse," "age 19," "'89," Oct. 6, Louis 16," "gestures," "belief in a constitutional monarch," "5 years prison," "re-emerged 1815," "exile 92-99 imprisonment," "Laf and Constant," "do not understand the real world," "Napoleon and Laf.," "Laf. suggest Pres. Jefferson he publish Tracy's commentary," "1815 Napoleon's abdication," "Laf's closet friend Constant," "won a seat in in Seine et Marne," "didn't serve together until 1827-30," "Constant's funeral," "Lady Morgan, J.F. Cooper, Malibran," "La Grange," "a loving despot," "bored," "Lafayette unpretentious behavior," "liked to read," "late 1820s Cooper friendship," "7 years in Europe," "J.F.C., travel books with strong political messages," "Cooper enters French political debate [. . .]defends Lafayette," "Malibran," "legalize divorce," "48 years old Adrienne, every morning," "lover of a young woman," "women," "believed in women, did not believe in the vote," "all liberal writers," "no evidence of being lovers," "[Fanny Wright] accompanied him on your," "[Fanny Wright] b. Sept 6 1795," "Laf's trip to U.S.," "Fanny Wright involvement," "most democratic, egalitarian, prosperous society in the world," "Laf--a hero in popular culture," "Toc-a hero in elite culture," "Levasseur's press in France," "wealth made trips possible," "T and B asked for letters," "Laf was too liberal," "a fool," "Toc's diary," "Lafayette's tour public; Toc's private," "Laf. trip mid Aug 1824 to Sept 1825," "met the most Americans," "Walt Whitman at 6 yrs.," "less receptive to American customs," "starting point of modern history," "PHillie Sept 28, 1824," "Blacks and women praised him," "not drawn to religion," "no Kings or aristocrats," "never visited a Univ.," "marriage," "Native Americans," "Toc. slavery," "American desire for praise," "The Revolution, July, he was 73," "Charles 10." Lamb lists National revolutions by date--1770s-1830. "Lafayette's favorite cause," "last important speech in his life," "American expats., J.F. Cooper," "welcomed praise," "close female and male friends," "cynical participants."

Subject

"Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834--Influence."

"Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834--Relations with intellectuals."

"Generals--France--Biography."

"Generals--United States--Biography."

"Statesmen--France--Biography."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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