Des esclaves et des bêtes : fables de la sauvagerie en Amérique dans Letters from an American Farmer, de St John de Crèvecoeur

The historical naturalist discourse, which serves as an epistemological framework to the narrator of Crèvecœur’s Letters from an American Farmer, draws upon the observation of local animals in order to praise a society of freedom, in which the American farmer’s autonomy depends on the harmonious rel...

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Main Author: Agnès Derail-Imbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2012-05-01
Series:Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/5576

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