American Literature
the general character of a new American people. Yet while Crevecoeur echoed Jefferson, Thomas's agrarian ideals, his letters also acknowledged
the realities of frontier savagery and southern slavery. After taking a post as a French consul in 1783, Crevecoeur published little in English, though
he did publish a French revision of Letters (1787) and a final book on his American experiences: Voyage dans la Haute Pensylvanie et dans l'état de
NewYork (1801).
Letters from an American Farmer is an excellent example of how a New World American thinks about the many changes occurring and that have
occurred during the era of Enlightenment. Crevecoeur's essay is an enlightened perspective that shows how the people of that time are feeling
about being a part of the new world and its current workings. Although the writer is originally from Normandy, and later Canada, he seems to truly
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