Jacksonville Public Library

Have you not hard of Floryda?, the origins of American multiculturalism in Florida's colonial literature, 1513-1821, Maurice J. O'Sullivan

eng

Includes bibliographic references (pages 261-277) and index

index present

non fiction

Have you not hard of Floryda?

bibliography

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Maurice J. O'Sullivan

the origins of American multiculturalism in Florida's colonial literature, 1513-1821

"In the first comprehensive examination of Florida's remarkably rich library of colonial literature, Have You Not Hard of Floryda? explores how our southernmost state's multicultural, multilingual roots continue to bear fruit today. The book's fascinating interdisciplinary approach and delightful prose style create a savory blend of literary analysis and historical narrative, a true feast for anyone interested in the ways our past can shape our future."--Eddie Huang Author of Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir (adapted as a television series on ABC), restaurateur, producer, and attorney. "Maurice O'Sullivan begins this amazingly thorough and fully realized history with a quote from Eugene O'Neill's A Long Day's Journey Into Night (1941): 'The past is the present, isn't it? It's the future, too.' His combination of scholarly and literary knowledge in Have You Not Hard of Floryda? brings O'Neill's observation vividly to life. The cruelty, bravery, prejudice and generosity of Florida's past is still with us as Climate Change and politics display daily in contemporary newspapers and novels. O'Sullivan presents this history of 'America's Oldest literary tradition' with clarity, grace, and, in the end, empathy: Despite its dark background and flawed present, Florida is still beautiful." -- Peter Meinke, Poet Laureate of Florida

Introduction: "Have you not hard of Floryda?" -- "A famous and notorious place": La Florida 1513-1565 -- "Plus Ultra": Spain's Imperium Romanum Novum -- "Epistels Scribled in Haste": Peter Martyr and 'De Orbe Novo' -- Hijos del Sol: ℓlvar N̨͠ez Cabeza de Vaca and 'Naufragios' -- "Mišria de Terra": Christians, Indians, and the rhetoric of rage -- "This Incomparable Lande": La Floride Fraṅaise -- M̀rtires, Misionarios, y Poetas: the first Spanish period 1565-1763 -- "El Dedo del Gigante": La Florida Del Inca -- "Bloody-minded creatures": The captivity narratives of Fontaneda and Dickenson -- "Troublesome neighbours": The British in Florida -- "A profusion of fragrant and beautiful plants": England's pragmatic naturalists -- "Lords of America": Multicultural Florida 1783-1821 -- "A wondrous kind of floundering eloquence": William Bartram's 'Travels' -- "Une Joie Triste": Chateaubriand and 'Atala' -- Conclusion: "Such a mixed multitude"