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Gilbert Imlay (February 9, 1754 – November 20, 1828) was an American businessman, author, and diplomat. He served in the U.S. embassy to France and became one of the earliest American writers, producing two books, the influential A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America , and a novel, The Emigrants ...
Gilbert Imlay (* 9. Februar 1754; † 20. November 1828) war ein US-amerikanischer Offizier, Geschäftsmann, Spekulant und Schriftsteller. Er hatte eine kurze Affäre mit Mary Wollstonecraft, die mit Verteidigung der Rechte der Frau (1792) ein grundlegendes Buch der Frauenbewegung geschrieben hatte.
Gilbert Imlay Imlay, an army officer during the American War for Independence, settled for a time in Kentucky, writing from his experiences on the then-frontier a valuable Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America , published in London in 1792 .
In the latter Imlay's name is once mentioned, but only incidentally. His novel The Emigrants is not mentioned in Carl Van Doren's American Novel, as it had not been in that writer's article on American Fiction in the Cambridge History.
The American Gilbert Imlay (c. 1754– c. 1828) was a man of many talents and trades. Described by one commentator as ‘unscrupulous, independent, courageous, a dodger of debts to the poor, a deserter, a protector of the helpless, a revolutionist, a man of enlightenment beyond his age, a greedy and treacherous land booster’, Gilbert Imlay ...
2. Dez. 2020 · Gilbert Imlay’s The Emigrants —published in 1793, four years after the ratification of the US constitution—illustrates that there indeed is a peril inherent in the discursive link between utopia and the United States, already detectable while the nation was still in the process of formation.
Overview. Gilbert Imlay. (1754—1828) land speculator and author. Quick Reference. (1754–1828) American author and soldier. The Emigrants; or, The History of an Expatriated Family (1793) FictionA Mogul Tale; or, The Descent of the Balloon (1784) Drama. A Mogul Tale; or, The Descent of the Balloon (1784) Drama.
