| Description |
1 online resource (pages cm) |
| Series |
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Access |
Open Access Unrestricted online access |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Local Note |
Project Muse Project Muse Open Access |
| Subject |
United States -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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Travelers' writings, French -- History and criticism.
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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. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Singerman, Alan J., translator.
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Project Muse. distributor
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| Added Title |
Amerique posthume. English
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| ISBN |
9780271081847 |
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0271081848 |
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9780271080079 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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