Hector St. John de Crevecoeur

Texts by Hector St. John de Crevecoeur

• Letters from an American Farmer

Resources about Hector St. John de Crevecoeur

1. Chevignard, Bernard. “St. John de Crevecoeur in the Looking Glass: Letters from an American Farmer and the Making of a Man of Letters.” Early American Literature. September 1984. p. 173

The above-noted source is a short biography of Bernard Chevignard, written by an author for the journal of Early American Literature. It gives contributory historical and personal information for the famous writer of the Enlightenment, providing a historical background that proves to be the framework for de Crevecoeur’s more famous pieces. It deals less with the author’s style, and more with the historical context in which de Crevecoeur was writing. This, however, did not seem to be terribly uncommon, since much of the writing of the time was of political intent, less focuses on creating a unique literary tradition, and more intent upon provoking political, moral, and scientific thought.