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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...

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Published in:Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 89 - 112
Main Author: Hutchins, Zach
Format: Article
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press Spring2020
Subjects:
Paradise Lost (Poem : Milton)
Milton, John, 1608-1674
Letters From an American Farmer (Book : St. John de Crèvecoeur)
St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813
Poetry (Literary form)
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Summary: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.