Chateaubriand's travels in America /translated by Richard Switzer.

By:

Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de, 1768-1848 [Author]

Contributor(s):

Switzer, Richard []

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780813164694

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

E164 .C438 1969

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Subject: Chateaubriand's Travels in America, presented here in its first modern translation, was a reflection of the attitudes of his epoch toward the New World. And at the same time, because of his enormous literary reputation, it has continued to be a major source of European impressions about America. The America portrayed by Chateaubriand was much more a product of his reading and his imagination than of his actual visit. (His supposed itinerary included a trip up the Hudson to Albany, a visit to Niagara Falls via the Mohawk Trail, a trip down the Mississippi to the Natchez country, and even a vis.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Travels in America; Notice [for the 1827 Edition]; Introduction [to the First Edition]; The Voyage; The Eastern Cities; Into the Wilderness; Natural History; Manners of the Indians; Government among the Indians; The United States Today; The Spanish Republics; The End of the Trip; Bibliography; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

Chateaubriand's Travels in America, presented here in its first modern translation, was a reflection of the attitudes of his epoch toward the New World. And at the same time, because of his enormous literary reputation, it has continued to be a major source of European impressions about America. The America portrayed by Chateaubriand was much more a product of his reading and his imagination than of his actual visit. (His supposed itinerary included a trip up the Hudson to Albany, a visit to Niagara Falls via the Mohawk Trail, a trip down the Mississippi to the Natchez country, and even a vis.

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