Describing Early America: Bartram, Jefferson, Crevècoeur, and the Influence of Natural History

by Pamela Regis

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Describing Early America is a study of William Bartram's Travels, Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, and J. Hector St. John de Cr vecoeur's Letters from an American Farmer that situates them within two important intellectual traditions: the literature of travel and the science of natural history. Pamela Regis contends that the travel genre provided the narrative framework on which these texts were built,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0812216865

ISBN13:9780812216868

Release Date:April 1999

Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press

Length:200 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"

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Classics Colonial Period Criticism & Theory History History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Natural History Nature Nature & Ecology Revolution & Founding Specialty Travel Travel Travel with Pets Travel Writing Writing

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