French Cultural Imperialism and the Aesthetics of Extinction

Abstract

Just before recounting the ancient history and his present tour of Carthage in Itinéraire de Paris à Jérusalem, Chateaubriand ruminates upon the indefatigable French national character that "ne peut s'effacer" [cannot wear off]. 1 Significantly, this observation conjures up memories of his visit sixteen years earlier (in 1791) to the American frontier and his first sight of a compatriot among the Indians. This moment occurs, he tells us, when his guide leads him to a forest within Iroquois territory where he encounters

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