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Posthumous America : literary reinventions of America at the end of the eighteenth century
- Title
- Posthumous America : literary reinventions of America at the end of the eighteenth century / Benjamin Hoffmann ; translated by Alan J. Singerman.
- Author
- Hoffmann, Benjamin, 1985-
- Publication
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Singerman, Alan J.
- Description
- 244 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- 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.
- Uniform Title
- Amérique posthume. English
- Alternative Title
- Amérique posthume.
- Subjects
- United States
- St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813
- Lezay-Marnézia, Claude-François-Adrien, marquis de, 1735-1800
- St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813 > Criticism and interpretation
- Early works
- Lezay-Marnézia, Claude-François-Adrien, marquis de, 1735-1800 > Criticism and interpretation
- Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de, 1768-1848 > Criticism and interpretation
- Travelers' writings, French > History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- United States > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
- Travel
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Early works.
- Note
- Translated from the French.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-225) and index.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the French.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-6109
- ISBN
- 9780271080079
- 0271080078
- LCCN
- 2017060786
- 40028233114
- OCLC
- 1019839317
- Author
- Hoffmann, Benjamin, 1985- author.
- Title
- Posthumous America : literary reinventions of America at the end of the eighteenth century / Benjamin Hoffmann ; translated by Alan J. Singerman.
- Publisher
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-225) and index.
- Language
- Translated from the French.
- Added Author
- Singerman, Alan J., translator.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40028233114
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-6109