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The French Enlightenment in America : Essays on the Times of the Founding Fathers / Maurizio Valsania, Paul Spurlin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spurlin, Paul Merrill, 1902-1994, author.
- Valsania, Maurizio, 1965- author of foreword.
- Series:
- Georgia Open History Library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French.
- Intellectual life.
- Enlightenment.
- Civilization--French influences.
- Civilization.
- Enlightenment--United States.
- United States.
- France.
- France--Intellectual life--18th century.
- United States--Civilization--French influences.
- United States--Intellectual life--18th century.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource xvii, 203 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- University of Georgia Press 2021
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 other Americans. These essays explore such topics as the Founding Fathers' knowledge of French, the philosophes, Voltaire in the South, and more. The Georgia Open History Library has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this collection, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- Contents:
- The Enlightenment
- The world of the founding fathers and France
- The fathers' knowledge of French
- French literature
- Buffon
- The Philosophes
- Montesquieu and the American Constitution
- Voltaire in the South
- Diderot, D'Alembert, and the Encyclopedia
- A citizen of new-heaven: the Marquis de Condorcet
- French deism, empiricism, ideology, and physiocracy.
- Notes:
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8203-5930-0
- OCLC:
- 1267411006
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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