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What happens when the liberty of ancient nobility collides with the revolutionary ideals of equality? This groundbreaking study explores how the American, French, Haitian, and Greek Revolutions redefined freedom—and how French Romantic figure Chateaubriand grappled with that transformation. Tracing his travels across England, North America, and the Mediterranean, this book uncovers Chateaubriand's seductive visions of "paradises lost," which were taken up, challenged, and reimagined by Anglophone and Hispanic writers.
From Charlotte Brontë to Harriet Beecher Stowe, from Byron to Bolaño authors found in Chateaubriand a conflicted but powerful voice at the crossroads of liberty, race, religion, and empire. This is the first comprehensive study to situate Chateaubriand within the histories of colonialism and global revolution, revealing a literary legacy that remains startlingly relevant in today's struggles over equality.
Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
Contents
List of Illustrations ix
List of Abbreviations xi
Introduction: Equivocations, or Chateaubriand Exposed 1
1 Chateaubriand: Who Am I? 18
2 North America, Between Heaven and Hell 50
3 The Rival British Empire 78
4 Multicultural Mediterranean in Chateaubriand and Byron's Work 103
5 Moorish Spain 129
6 Latin America Writes Back 14
Conclusion 164
Transatlantic Epilogue 168
Appendix 179
Timeline 185
Acknowledgments 191
Notes 193
Bibliography 223
Index 237
