Posthumous America : Literary Reinventions of America at the End of the Eighteenth Century / / Benjamin Hoffmann ; translated by Alan J. Singerman

• Autore: Hoffmann Benjamin <1985->
• Pubblicazione: University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 917.304/33
• Soggetto topico: Travelers' writings, French - History and criticism
• Soggetto geografico: United States Description and travel Early works to 1800
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): SingermanAlan J.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Posthumous America
• ISBN: 0-271-08182-1; 0-271-08184-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910279734003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II