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letters that address a wide range of issues concerning life in the British colonies in America in the years prior to the American Revolutionary War. The "Introductory Letter" (Letter I) introduces the fictional narrator James, and each subsequent letter takes as its subject matter either a certain topic (Letter III "What is an American?") or a particular location that James visits (Letters IV, VI and IX describe Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and Charles Town respectively), though certain themes span or are referred to within several letters. The exception to this is Letter XI, which is written by a Russian gentleman ("Mr. Iw——n Al——z") describing his visit to the botanist John Bartram, but who is presumed to also be writing to Mr F. B. Arranged as a series of discontinuous letters, the work can appear superficially disconnected, although critics have identified various levels of coherence and organization.
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disagreement over whether this model of decline is produced by James' own disillusionment, or whether it is evidence of Crèvecœur's voice interceding into the narrative; further, critics disagree over where in the narrative the disillusionment occurs, variably placing it in the third, eighth and ninth letters.
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education at the Jesuit Collège Royal de Bourbon. In 1754, having left school, Crèvecœur visited relatives in England where he became engaged; this visit would mark the beginning of a lifelong admiration for the culture and politics of the country. Shortly after this, possibly due to the death of his
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observations of the places visited and their inhabitants; Norman Grabo describes it as "an example of the American tradition of book-as-anthology and authorship-as-editing". Whereas early readings of the text tended to consider it "as a straightforward natural and social history of young America",
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has been said to exhibit a "model of decline", as the optimistic tone of the early letters is disrupted and the text become increasingly pessimistic; there is a movement from a "joy, pride, wonder" at the spectacle of America, to the "images of the inhuman brutality of slavery". However, there is
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is structured around the fictional correspondence via letters between James—an American farmer living in the Quaker colony of Pennsylvania—and an English gentleman, Mr F. B. However, it's only James' letters that are presented, as the addressee's answers are absent. The work consists of twelve
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proved equally popular. Dutch and German translations were rapidly produced, and prompted by constant demand, editions appeared in such places as Dublin, Paris and Maastricht. In lieu of a second volume of letters, Crèvecœur produced an expanded French version
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In the twentieth century there was a revival of interest in the text. Critic David Carlson suggests that it was "Not aesthetics, but the politics of nationalism appears to have been the primary force behind Crevecoeur's critical resurrection"—the
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was immediately popular in Europe upon its publication in 1782. Prompted by high demand, Crèvecœur produced an expanded French version that was published two years later. The work is recognised as being one of the first in the
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Letters from an American Farmer; Describing Certain Provincial Situations, Manners, and Customs not Generally Known; and Conveying Some Idea of the Late and Present Interior Circumstances of the British Colonies in North
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admired, and were influenced by, its evocation of the natural landscape and the individual's relationship to it. More widely, in the final years of the Revolutionary War, the public was eager for the documentary detail
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and James' turmoil at being caught between forces—American and British—beyond his own control, including anxiety over to whom he owes his allegiance. Also considered is the way of life of
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critics now see it as combining elements of fiction and non-fiction in what Thomas Philbrick has termed a "complex artistry". In addition to its usual classification as a form of
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Letter XI: "From Mr. Iw——n Al——z, a Russian gentleman describing a visit he paid, at my request, to Mr. John Bertram, the celebreated Pennsylvanian botanist"
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When Crèvecœur offered his manuscript essays to the London publishers Davies & Davis in 1782, they were initially skeptical about the potential for the
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is that of the individual and society's relationship with their environment; the work has been read as an "impassioned, unqualified defense of American
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James is often referred to by scholars as 'Farmer James', on account of his occupation; scholars that do so include: Larkin, Carew-Miller and Manning.
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Environmental determinism is the doctrine that human growth, development and activities are controlled by the physical environment (Lethwaite, 1966).
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to be successful. However, the work proved to be instantly popular in England for a variety of reasons. Proponents of political reform such as
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and corresponded with William Seton (possibly referenced in the book as "Mr F. B.", and to whom the French edition was dedicated).
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Saar, Doreen Alvarez (1987). "Crèvecoeur's "Thoughts on Slavery": "Letters from an American Farmer" and Whig Rhetoric".
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Letter IV: "Description of the island of Nantucket; with the manners, customs, policy and trade, of the inhabitants"
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In 1765, Crèvecœur became an official resident of New York and naturalized as a British subject, adopting the name
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Winston, Robert P. (1985). "Strange Order of Things!: The Journey to Chaos in "Letters from an American Farmer"".
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provided about America. The popularity of the book led to a second edition being called for only a year later.
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The text incorporates a broad range of genres, ranging from documentary on local agricultural practices to
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Holbo, Christine (1997). "Imagination, Commerce, and the Politics of Associationism in Crèvecoeur's
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Letter IX: "Description of Charles Town; Thoughts on Slavery; on Physical Evil; a Melancholy Scene"
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Letter VI: "Description of the island of Martha's Vineyard, and of the whale-fishery"
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Robinson, David (1981). "Crèvecoeur's James: The Education of an American Farmer".
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and married Mehitabel Tippett. During the following seven years, Crèvecœur wrote
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sequence" or "Nantucket letters". These letters describe various aspects of the
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Studies in Classic American Literature Chapter 3 Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
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Letter V: "Customary education and employment of the inhabitants of Nantucket"
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Grabo, Norman S. (1991). "Crèvecoeur's American: Beginning the World Anew".
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Letter II: "On the Situation, Feelings, and Pleasures of an American Farmer"
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Letters from an American Farmer and Sketches of Eighteenth-Century America
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Carew-Miller, Anna (1993). "The Language of Domesticity in Crèvecoeur's
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Philbrick, Nathaniel (1991). "The Nantucket Sequence in Crèvecoeur's
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approved of the radical anti-government implications of its message.
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The island of Nantucket is one of several locations depicted in the
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de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector St. John (1981). Albert E. Stone (ed.).
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fiancée, he joined a French regiment in Canada engaged in the
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to publishers Davies & Davis before leaving for France.
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being among the first works to depict an American "
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Page reads: LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN FARMER DESCRIBING CERTAIN PROVINCIAL SITUATIONS, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, NOT GENERALLY KNOWN; AND CONVEYING SOME IDEA OF THE LATE AND PRESENT INTERIOR CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BRITISH COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA. WRITTEN, FOR THE INFORMATION OF A FRIEND IN ENGLAND, BY J. HECTOR ST. JOHN, A FARMER IN PENNSYLVANIA. A NEW EDITION WITH AN ACCURATE INDEX. LONDON: PRINTED FOR THOMAS DAVIES IN RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN: AND LOCKYER DAVIS, IN HOLBORN. M.DCC.LXXXIII.
Travel literature
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J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur
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slave trade
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Chester, NY
Orange County, New York
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American literature
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Jesuit
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Battle of the Plains of Abraham
Pennsylvania
New York
farmland
Orange County, New York
loyalists
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American Revolutionary War
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