Ideas for the intellect and emotions for the heart: The literary dimensions of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America

• Main Author: HENDERSON, Christine Rodman
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Gustave de Beaumont; Marie; ou l’Esclavage aux Etats Unis; politics and literature; race; gender; Native Americans; religion; American frontier; Adam Smith; imaginative identification; Philosophy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3586
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Alexis de Tocqueville’s lifelong friend and companion Gustave de Beaumont produced a literary work based on their visit to the United States. Beaumont’s 1835 novel Marie, ou l’Esclavage aux Etats Unis, explored themes of race, manners, and equality in American society. Although Democracy in America...