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

• Main Author: Valsania, Maurizio (auth, Editor)
• Other Authors: Spurlin, Paul (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University of Georgia Press 1984
• Series: Georgia Open History Library
• Subjects: Literature: history & criticism; History of the Americas; Language & Literature; European Studies; History; American Studies
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...