Traveling to unknown places : nineteenth-century journeys toward French and American selfhood / Lloyd Kramer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kramer, Lloyd S., author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, American--Travel--History--19th century.

Authors, American.

Authors, French--Travel--History--19th century.

Authors, French.

Identity (Psychology).

Cultural awareness.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)--History--19th century.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2024.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION: Travel, Writing, and Modern Selfhood

PART I: Travel and the French Generation of 1820: Victor Jacquemont and Flora Tristan

INTRODUCTION TO PART I: Leaving France and Redefining Selfhood

CHAPTER ONE: Victor Jacquemont's French Identity in America and South Asia

CHAPTER TWO: Flora Tristan and the Quest for Independent French Womanhood in Peru

EPILOGUE TO PART I: Cultural Identities, Personal Identities, and the French Generation of 1820

PART II: European Americans in Nineteenth-Century Europe: Margaret Fuller and Randal McGavock

INTRODUCTION TO PART II: Antebellum European American Journeys from the North and South

CHAPTER THREE: Margaret Fuller's Transnational Declarations of Personal and Political Independence

CHAPTER FOUR: Randal McGavock's American Affirmation of Southern White Manhood

EPILOGUE TO PART II: European American Travelers and the Exploration of Antebellum National Identities

PART III: Affirming the Freedom of Nineteenth-Century African American Selfhood outside the United States: Nancy Prince and David Dorr

INTRODUCTION TO PART III: Antebellum African American Journeys from the North and South

CHAPTER FIVE: Nancy Prince's Journey toward Selfhood and Freedom in Russia and Jamaica

CHAPTER SIX: David Dorr's Journey toward Selfhood and Freedom in Europe and the Middle East

EPILOGUE TO PART III: African American Travelers and the Quest for Freedom within and beyond Antebellum America

PART IV: Redefining French Selfhood in Nineteenth-Century America: Nicolas Point and Olympe Audouard

INTRODUCTION TO PART IV: French Journeys into American Cities and the Far West.

CHAPTER SEVEN: Nicolas Point's American Journey for Religious Truth, Cultural Knowledge, and Social Recognition

CHAPTER EIGHT: Olympe Audouard's American Journey toward Independent Womanhood and Literary Status in France

EPILOGUE TO PART IV: French Travelers and the Affirmation of Independent Selfhood outside France

CONCLUSION: Travel, History, and Selfhood

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781469682426

1469682427

9781469682433

1469682435

Publisher Number:

40032475537

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