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Frères ennemis : the French in American literature, Americans in French literature /

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Frères Ennemis focuses on Franco-American tensions as portrayed in works of literature. An Introduction is followed by nine chapters, each focused on a French or American literary text which shows the evolution/devolution of the relations between the two nations at a particular point in time. While...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cloonan, William J. (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
American literature > French influences.
American literature > France > History and criticism.
Comparative literature > American and French.
Comparative literature > French and American.
Littérature américaine > France > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > Influence française.
Literary studies: general.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
France.
Electronic books.
e-books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Livres numériques.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The creation of the American in Paris: the American
  • The splendor and misery of the American scientist: L'Ève future
  • The American woman and the invention of Paris: The Custom of the Country
  • The expatriate idyll: The Sun Also Rises
  • Truths and delusions: the Cold War in Les Mandarins
  • Embracing American culture: Cherokee
  • An American Excursion into French fiction: The Book of Illusions
  • Rerouting: Ça n'existe pas l'Amérique
  • L'Américaine in Paris: Le Divorce.