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their rebellioa was begun not for their own sake but for mankind. This idea(lism) is a permanent theme in American thinking. Despite the paradox of this idealism existing along with corruption, violence, poverty, decay, there is something like a national American identity. Besides, John Adams, American ambassador to the Netherlands (1780 1782), held a more pessimistic view, initiating a tradition of realism and common sense. The combination of dream and reality what we have to do and what we want to do may be the best summary of the American identity.
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"The Journal of Commonwealth Literature has long established itself as an invaluable resource and guide for scholars in the overlapping fields of commonwealth Literature, Postcolonial Literature and New Literatures in English. The journal is an institution, a household word and, most of all, a living, working companion." Edward Baugh The Journal of Commonwealth Literature is internationally recognized as the leading critical and bibliographic forum in the field of Commonwealth and postcolonial literatures. It provides an essential, peer-reveiwed, reference tool for scholars, researchers, and information scientists. Three of the four issues each year bring together the latest critical comment on all aspects of ‘Commonwealth’ and postcolonial literature and related areas, such as postcolonial theory, translation studies, and colonial discourse. The fourth issue provides a comprehensive bibliography of publications in the field