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John Paul Jones: Queer and Wild
- Leviathan
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 20, Number 3, October 2018
- pp. 25-34
- 10.1353/lvn.2018.0032
- Article
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Abstract
Abstract:
This essay on Israel Potter focuses on the chapter "Paul Jones in a Reverie" in the service of reconsidering the novel's portrayal of John Paul Jones. Jones, arguably the most problematic of Israel Potter's fictionalized American heroes, has generally been regarded as a character who embodies the violence of U.S. expansionism. Challenging this view, the essay argues for Jones as a queer figure linked to a potentially hopeful, if uncertain, future for the nation.
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