Chateaubriand's Travels in America

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 Nia

Author: François-René de Chateaubriand
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780813155005

About the Author

Richard Switzer is chairman of the department of French and Italian at the University of Wisconsin.

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