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Posthumous America : literary reinventions of America at the end of the eighteenth century /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoffmann, Benjamin, 1985- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Singerman, Alan J. (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, > 1735-1813 > Criticism and interpretation.
Lezay-Marnézia, Claude-François-Adrien, > marquis de, > 1735-1800 > Criticism and interpretation.
Chateaubriand, François-René, > vicomte de, > 1768-1848 > Criticism and interpretation.
Chateaubriand, François-René, > vicomte de, > 1768-1848.
Lezay-Marnézia, Claude-François-Adrien, > marquis de, > 1735-1800.
St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, > 1735-1813.
United States > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Travelers' writings, French > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French.
Travel.
Travelers' writings, French.
United States.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Early works.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:"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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780271081823
0271081821
9780271081847
0271081848