William Bradford et la fondation des lettres américaines
This study of William Bradford’s History of Plymouth Plantation points to the relation between the process of historical writing and the shaping of a prospective memory of the founding of the Plymouth colony. Bradford’s writing dictates what is to be remembered, while putting the founding moments u...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Français |
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2007
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | This study of William Bradford’s History of Plymouth Plantation points to the relation between the process of historical writing and the shaping of a prospective memory of the founding of the Plymouth colony. Bradford’s writing dictates what is to be remembered, while putting the founding moments under a providential light. As one of the most iconic texts from the colonial period, Bradford’s History has strongly contributed to the representations of the “Pilgrim Fathers”, not only through retrospective readings but also through its author’s shaping of a prospective memory. |
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