A Senior Capstone Experience by Emma Reilly ’23

Submitted to the Department of History

Advised by Dr. Miller

Contributor Biography: Emma graduated from Washington College in 2023 with majors in English and history and minors in journalism, editing, and publishing and gender studies. She worked for three on-campus publications as an undergraduate, serving as editor-in-chief of The Elm, managing editor of The Washington College Review, and social media manager for The Pegasus. Emma is currently working toward her MA in English at the University of Virginia. Her research interests lie at the intersections between feminism, nationalism, and transatlanticism.

Description: This analysis of post-revolutionary periodicals and poetry seeks to demystify the paradox of early American nationalism as it relates to conceptions of Americanness and Britishness in the new nation.

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