The American Aeneas: Classical Origins of American Self

by John Shields

Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book

"John Shields's book is a provocative challenge to the venerable Adamic myth so exhaustively deployed in examinations of early American literature and in American studies. Moreover, The American Aeneas builds wonderfully on Shields's considerable work on Phillis Wheatley. "?--American Literature

"The American Aeneas should be of interest to classicists and American studies scholars alike."...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572333693
• ISBN13: 9781572333697
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"