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      A study of Chateaubriand's Atala with special reference to its American sources

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      Date
      1924
      Author
      Lawson, Florence Mildred
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      This is Atala, a tale which, according to Chateaubriand, "sort de toutes les routes connues , et qui présente une nature et des moeurs tout à fait étrangères à l’Europe.” Chateaubriand might better have said that he had followed certain well known roads, but that he had followed them further than those who had marked them out. It has been definitely proved, as we shall show, that he found his idealized and romantic conception of the American Indian in the writings of a comparatively, small group of writers. But it is not enough to say that he owes a debt to these writers only, for they themselves, in many instances, had obtained their information from earlier writers. Careful perusal of previous works reveals the fact that some of these widely acclaimed authorities have been mere compilers or have written supposedly original works, which in truth owe their importance to wholesale borrowing. Thus a study of the source of Chateaubriand’s inspiration takes us back to the first writings following the discovery of the New World.
      Degree
      Master of Arts (M.A.)
      Department
      French
      Program
      French
      Copyright Date
      1924
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      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-08102010-123109
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