| Item Details | |
| Entry Number | 4957 |
| Author | CHATEAUBRIAND, FRANCOIS AUGUSTE RENE, VICOMTE DE. |
| Title | Chateaubriand's Travels in America, trans. Richard Switzer. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1969. Switzer is also ed. of the definitive French version of Voyage en Amerique. Paris: Marcel Didier, 1964. 2 vols. A small portion is also trans. in George Moss, "Three Episodes in the History of the Genesee Valley." |
| Publication | Publications of the Rochester Historical Society, 1 (1892), 56-57. See also Morris Bishop, “Chateaubriand in New York State,” Publications of the Modern Language Association, 69 (1954), 876-86. |
| Subject(s) | : TRAVELLERS TO THE GENESEE COUNTRY: 1615-1976 -- 1791 |
| Notes | (A renowned literary figure is disillusioned by the Indians and wilderness of the Genesee, or so he says; Switzer trans. pp. 29-30, 153. Bishop and others have doubted whether Chateaubriand ever did visit western New York.) |
Search the Bibliography Browse the Bibliography