Posthumous America : Literary Reinventions of America at the End of the Eighteenth Century / / Benjamin Hoffmann ; translated by Alan J. Singerman.
"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.
Saved in:
| VerfasserIn: | |
|---|---|
| TeilnehmendeR: | |
| Place / Publishing House: | University Park, Pennsylvania : : The Pennsylvania State University Press,, [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English French |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of 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.