John Taylor

Gebundenes Buch

New Views of the Constitution of the United States

Beschreibung

Originally published: Washington City: Printed for the Author, by Way and Gideon, 1823. [4], 316 pp. Hardcover. New. Reprint of the uncommon first edition of the fourth and last of Taylor's books on the United States Constitution. Little-known today, Taylor's work is of great significance in the political and intellectual history of the South and essential for understanding the constitutional theories that Southerners asserted to justify secession in 1861. Taylor was a leading advocate of states' rights, agrarianism and a strict construction of the Constitution in the political battles of the 1790s. "Taylor and myself have rarely, if ever, differed in any political principle of importance."-- Thomas Jefferson. Later Southern political leaders, notably John C. Calhoun, shared this opinion. Known as John Taylor of Caroline [1753-1824], Taylor fought in the Revolutionary War and served briefly in the Virginia House of Delegates before he became a Senator from Virginia. Taylor was the author of Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated, A Defence of the Measures of the Administration of Thomas Jefferson, attributed to ¿Curtius,¿ An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States and other works

Autor

John Taylor (b. 1952) is an American writer, critic, and translator who has long lived in France. As a polyglot translator and literary critic, he is one of the main bridges between contemporary European literature and English-speaking countries. His essays on European poets have been collected in his books Into the Heart of European Poetry (2008) and A Little Tour through European Poetry (2015). Among his many translations of French, Italian, and Modern Greek literature are, most recently, books by Philippe Jaccottet, José-Flore Tappy, Franca Mancinelli, Alfredo de Palchi, and Elias Papadimitrakopoulos. For over three decades Taylor has contributed regularly to the Times Literary Supplement and the Antioch Review. He is the author of eleven volumes of short prose and poetry. His latest books are Remembrance of Water & Twenty-Five Trees and a "double book" co-authored with the Swiss poet Pierre Chappuis, A Notebook of Clouds & A Notebook of Ridges.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 678g
• ISBN-13: 9781584770794
• ISBN-10: 1584770791
• Artikelnr.: 31282005