Chateaubriand's Travels in America

by François-René de Chateaubriand

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813155002
• ISBN13: 9780813155005
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"