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1 electronic resource (244 pages ) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-225) and index. |
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Introduction : new world paradoxes -- Saint-John de Crèvecœur and nostalgia for colonial America -- Lezay-Marnésia and nostalgia for the American golden age -- Chateaubriand and nostalgia for French America -- Conclusion : America, a mobile sign. |
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"An English translation of Benjamin Hoffmann's French monograph L'Amérique posthume. Examines the literary idealization of a lost American past in eighteenth-century French literature"--Provided by publisher. |
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"An English translation of Benjamin Hoffmann's French monograph L'Ame⁺ѓrique posthume. Examines the literary idealization of a lost American past in eighteenth-century French literature"--Provided by publisher |
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This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
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JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
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Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de, 1768-1848 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Lezay-Marnézia, Claude-François-Adrien, marquis de, 1735-1800 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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St. John de Cre⁺ђvecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813.
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Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de, 1768-1848. |
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Lezay-Marnézia, Claude-François-Adrien, marquis de, 1735-1800. |
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St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813. |
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Chateaubriand, François-Rene, vicomte de, 1768-1848 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Lezay-Marnezia, Claude-François-Adrien, marquis de, 1735-1800 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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St. John de Crevecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Travelers' writings, French -- History and criticism.
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United States -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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Travelers' writings, French. |
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United States. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Modern -- General. |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Travel writing.
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Récits de voyages.
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| Added Author |
Singerman, Alan J., translator.
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Amérique posthume. English
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Ame⁺ѓrique posthume. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Posthumous America University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018] 9780271080079 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2017060786 |
| ISBN |
9780271080079 cloth : alk. paper |
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9780271081823 (electronic bk.) |
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0271081821 (electronic bk.) |
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9780271081847 (electronic bk.) |
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0271081848 (electronic bk.) |
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0271080078 |
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