Jesuit Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix’s (1682–1761) Journal of a Voyage in North America

An Annotated Translation

AvMicah True

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

The French Jesuit Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix’s 1744 journal of his voyage through French North America—New France, Louisiana, and the Caribbean—is among the richest eighteenth-century accounts of the continent’s colonization, as well as its indigenous inhabitants, flora, and fauna. Micah True’s new translation of this influential text is the first to appear since 1763. It provides the first complete and reliable English version of Charlevoix’s journal and reveals the famous Jesuit to have been a better literary stylist than has often been assumed on the basis of earlier translations. Complemented by a detailed introduction and richly annotated, this volume finally makes accessible to an Anglophone audience one of the key texts of eighteenth-century French America.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-09-19
Mått:155 x 235 x 39 mm
Vikt:1 029 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Jesuit Studies
Antal sidor:550
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004408630

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Reseskildringar inom Reseguider

Mer om författaren

Micah True, PhD (Duke University, 2009) is associate professor of French and folklore at the University of Alberta. His numerous publications on early French America most notably include Masters and Students: Jesuit Mission Ethnography in Seventeenth-Century New France (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2015).

Recensioner i media

“This book will be a necessary purchase for academic libraries with holdings in Jesuit Studies, Atlantic world studies, early Canadiana, and North American history, including First Nations/Native American history.” - Lisa J. M. Poirier, DePaul University, Chicago, in: Journal of Jesuit Studies, Vol. 7, No. 4 (2020), pp. 681-683

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsBibliographical AbbreviationsList of IllustrationsSummaries of the Contents of Charlevoix’s LettersIntroductionPreliminary Essay on the Origin of the AmericansLetter 1Letter 2Letter 3Letter 4Letter 5Letter 6Letter 7Letter 8Letter 9Letter 10Letter 11Letter 12Letter 13Letter 14Letter 15Letter 16Letter 17Letter 18Letter 19Letter 20Letter 21Letter 22Letter 23Letter 24Letter 25Letter 26Letter 27Letter 28Letter 29Letter 30Letter 31Letter 32Letter 33Letter 34Letter 35Letter 36BibliographyIndex