23 English eng Bishop, James E. Contributor <p><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-family: -apple-system-body, ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Helvetica, "Apple Color Emoji", Arial, sans-serif, "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-line;">The article by James E. Bishop examines the relationship between masculinity, American national identity, and nature in J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur’s </span><span data-d-component="text" data-d-inline="" class="xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x14rh7hd x1k4tb9n xdj266r" style="--d-auto-block-spacing:0px; --d-auto-inline-spacing:0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; --margin-YNUKWyANbTbWNcl0Vv4mB:0; padding: 0px; --padding-YNUKWyANbTbWNcl0Vv4mB:0; display: inline; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-style: italic; margin-inline-start: 0px; --margin-inline-start-YNUKWyANbTbWNcl0Vv4mB:0; --margin-top-YNUKWyANbTbWNcl0Vv4mB:0; font-family: -apple-system-body, ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Helvetica, "Apple Color Emoji", Arial, sans-serif, "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; white-space: pre-line; --x-color:var(--d-link-hover-color, var(--d-inherited-text-color, inherit));">Letters from an American Farmer</span><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-family: -apple-system-body, ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Helvetica, "Apple Color Emoji", Arial, sans-serif, "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-line;">. It explores how the farmer James represents the ideal American man through his emotions, agricultural lifestyle, and connection to the land. The article argues that Crèvecoeur’s work reveals tensions and uncertainties about masculinity, nationalism, and humanity’s relationship with nature during the formation of the American nation.</span><br></p> University of North Carolina Press 2008 pdf ISSN 0012-8163 American Literature A Feeling Farmer: Masculinity, Nationalism, and Nature in Crèvecoeur's "Letters" mixed material University of North Carolina Press