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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1969.Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813164694
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • E164 .C438 1969
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Contents:
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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