Letters From an American Farmer and Other Essays

Informationen zum Autor Dennis D. Moore is University Distinguished Teaching Professor in the English Department at Florida State University. Dennis D. Moore is University Distinguished Teaching Professor in the English Department at Florida State University. Klappentext Published in London just as the idea of an "American" was becoming a reality! Letters introduced Europeans to America's landscape! customs! and then-new people. Moore's reader's edition situates these twelve letters! which shift from hope to disillusion! in the context of thirteen other essays representative of Crevecoeur's writings in English. Moore's edition supplants earlier versions of this foundational early American text. Moore's graceful introduction deftly weaves together both traditional and emergent interpretations of Crevecoeur, and his selection of an additional 13 essays further serves to open up new interpretive horizons and critical possibilities. Scholars of early American culture will find much to admire in this thought-provoking edition, and--without question--their students will find it an engaging and invaluable resource.--Duncan Faherty, Queens College And The Cuny Graduate Center Zusammenfassung Published in London just as the idea of an “American” was becoming a reality, Letters introduced Europeans to America’s landscape, customs, and then-new people. Moore’s reader’s edition situates these twelve letters, which shift from hope to disillusion, in the context of thirteen other essays representative of Crèvecoeur’s writings in English.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur, J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur
• Con la collaborazione di: Dennis D. Moore (Editore), Moore Dennis D. (Editore), Moore Dennis D. (Introduzione)
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.01.2013
• EAN: 9780674051812
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05181-2
• Pagine: 416
• Serie: The John Harvard Library
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Saggi, articoli culturali, critica letteraria, interviste; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, HISTORY / Essays, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, Literary essays, History of the Americas, C 1700 To C 1800