Describing Early America: Bartram, Jefferson, Crèvecoeur, and the Rhetoric of Natural History

by Pamela Regis

Overview

Examines texts from 18th-century America, which have been considered belles-lettres, and finds in them scientific methods and systematic observations of a now extinct discipline, natural history. Shows how descriptions of plant, animal, and human life adhered to earlier principles, and how they inf

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ISBN-13:	9780875801667
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	01/07/1992
Pages:	203
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

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Examines texts from 18th-century America, which have been considered belles-lettres, and finds in them scientific methods and systematic observations of a now extinct discipline, natural history. Shows how descriptions of plant, animal, and human life adhered to earlier principles, and how they influenced later definitions of America. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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