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Posthumous America : Literary Reinventions of America at the End of the Eighteenth Century /

"An English translation of Benjamin Hoffmann's French monograph L'Amerique posthume. Examines the literary idealization of a lost American past in eighteenth-century French literature"--Provided by publisher.

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Autore principale: Hoffmann, Benjamin, 1985- (Autore)
Altri autori: Singerman, Alan J. (Traduttore)
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
francese
Pubblicazione: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
Serie:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Soggetti:
St. John de Crevecoeur, J. Hector, > 1735-1813.
Lezay-Marnezia, Claude-François-Adrien, > marquis de, > 1735-1800.
Chateaubriand, François-Rene, > vicomte de, > 1768-1848.
St. John de Crevecoeur, J. Hector, > 1735-1813 > Criticism and interpretation.
Lezay-Marnezia, Claude-François-Adrien, > marquis de, > 1735-1800 > Criticism and interpretation.
Chateaubriand, François-Rene, > vicomte de, > 1768-1848 > Criticism and interpretation.
Travelers' writings, French.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Modern > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Écrits de voyageurs français > Histoire et critique.
Travelers' writings, French > History and criticism.
United States.
United States > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Recits de voyages.
Travel writing.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Sommario:
  • Introduction : new world paradoxes
  • Saint-John de Crevecoeur and nostalgia for colonial America
  • Lezay-Marnesia and nostalgia for the American golden age
  • Chateaubriand and nostalgia for French America
  • Conclusion : America, a mobile sign.

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