Representing the early republic(s) abroad: Mazzei's ambassadorship to Europe between parallel diplomacy and propaganda

Francesca Genesio (1)

1 LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherche sur le Monde Anglophone

Philip Mazzei’s story is largely one of high hopes and unfulfilled aspirations. Viewed retrospectively, his greatest contribution to the American revolutionary cause somewhat frustratingly appears to have been one of dedicated propaganda, often involving both literal and figurative “translations” or reinterpretations of American events for European audiences whom, as he believed, had been misled in their visions of America by inaccurate renditions of the nation’s revolutionary memory - to refer to the title of today’s seminar

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; History; Humanities and Social Sciences

Francesca Genesio. Representing the early republic(s) abroad: Mazzei's ambassadorship to Europe between parallel diplomacy and propaganda. Projet 1776-2026, Épopées révolutionnaires : Mémoires révolutionnaires dans l’histoire et l’historiographie du monde atlantique (1730-1830)., Oct 2021, Aix-en-Provence, France. ⟨hal-03594457⟩