From Savage to Sublime (And Partway Back): Indians and Antiquity in Early Nineteenth-Century American Literature
This article examines the comparisons made between Indians and Antiquity in early nineteenth-century American literature (notably in the works of Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper); to do so, it begins by reaching back to references in European and American writings of the eighteenth centu...
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Main Author: | Mark Niemeyer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
2016-06-01
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Series: | Transatlantica |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/7727 |
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