Journey Into Northern Pennsylvania and the State of New York

Journey Into Northern Pennsylvania and the State of New York
Author: J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1964
Genre: Folklore
ISBN:

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Reflections of a Frenchman who travelled in America for twenty-seven years, before, during, and after the Revolutionary War period.

Crèvecoeur's Eighteenth-Century Travels in Pennsylvania and New York

Crèvecoeur's Eighteenth-Century Travels in Pennsylvania and New York
Author: Percy G. Adams
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2021-12-14
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0813194350

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Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crèvecouer, long regarded as a chief figure in American letters of the Revolutionary period, is remembered as the author of Letters from an American Farmer and the posthumous Sketches of Eighteenth Century of America, but his last and most ambitious work has been almost entirely neglected. Published in France as Le Voyage dans la haute Pensylvanie et dans d'état de New York, Crèvecouer's last book was never popular and has not heretofore appeared in English. Yet the Voyage has much to add to Crèvecouer's picture of eighteenth-century America, and to our own picture of the American Farmer as a man and writer. The Voyage, written after Crèvecouer's sojourn in France and his return to America as French consul, records a new phase both in American history and in the author's life. Adams has arrived at a selection of extracts from Voyage which will be of interest to Crèvecouer's many admirers among students of American history and literature. The editor has translated, arranged, and annotated these selections to form a collection will be a fit companion for Crèvecouer's two volumes of English essays and will supplement the earlier books by recording Crèvecouer's final view of the American scene. In his introduction to this collection, Adams presents a thorough analysis of the content and significance of the Voyage and convincingly justifies his contention that, though the work contains much that is not worthy of translation or republication, the selection here published for the first time in English may be regarded as a significant addition to Crèvecouer's writings.

The Literary Quest for an American National Character

The Literary Quest for an American National Character
Author: Finn Pollard
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2009
Genre: American literature
ISBN: 0415963737

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The sections of this volume are entitled: 'A Farmer Asks a Question and a Scientist Creates a Model', 'Hugh Henry Brackenridge and the Dogma of Balance', 'The Defining Moment: Washington Irving and a History of New York', 'The Fragments: Minor Writers (c1810-1824)', and 'The Illusion Ascendant'.