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

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores:	Hoffmann, Benjamin, 1985- author (author), Singerman, Alan J., translator (translator)
Formato:	Libro electrónico
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press [2018]
Materias:	Chateaubriand, François-Rene, > vicomte de, > 1768-1848 > Criticism and interpretation. Lezay-Marnezia, Claude-François-Adrien, > marquis de, > 1735-1800 > Criticism and interpretation. St. John de Crevecoeur, J. Hector, > 1735-1813 > Criticism and interpretation. Travelers' writings, French > History and criticism. United States > Description and travel > Early works to 1800. Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:	https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423002706719

Tabla de Contenidos:

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.