Crèvecoeur's Miltonic Epic: Paradise Lost and the Subversive Structural Poetics of Letters from an American Farmer.

The article explores poet John Milton's poem "Paradise Lost" and American-French writer J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur's book "Letters from an American Farmer." Topics discussed include primary purposes of Crevecoeur in writing "Letters," opposed thematic emphasis of these two works, and associati...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 89 - 112
Autor principal: Hutchins, Zach
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Pennsylvania Press Spring2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
Descripción
Sumario:The article explores poet John Milton's poem "Paradise Lost" and American-French writer J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur's book "Letters from an American Farmer." Topics discussed include primary purposes of Crevecoeur in writing "Letters," opposed thematic emphasis of these two works, and associations between Eden and the New World during the Renaissance.