The French Enlightenment in America Essays on the Times of the Founding Fathers

The French Enlightenment in America offers an overview of French American cultural relations during the French Enlightenment. The essays in this volume explore the literary presence of French authors in America between 1760 and 1800 and the reception of their writings by the Founding Fathers and oth...

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Main Author Valsania, Maurizio
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Georgia Press 15.10.2021
SeriesGeorgia Open History Library
Subjects
18th century
Addresses, essays, lectures
American Studies
Biography, Literature and Literary studies
Civilization
Enlightenment
European Studies
France
French influences
History
History and Archaeology
History of the Americas
Intellectual life
Language & Literature
Literature: history and criticism
thema EDItEUR
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents Foreword to the Reissue Preface Introduction One: The Enlightenment Two: The World of the Founding Fathers and France Three: The Fathers’ Knowledge of French Four: French Literature Five: Buffon Six: The Philosophes Seven: Montesquieu and the American Constitution Eight: Voltaire in the South Nine: Diderot, D’Alembert, and the Encyclopedia Ten: A Citizen of New-Heaven: Eleven: French Deism, Empiricism, Ideology, and Physiocracy Conclusion Notes Index