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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 (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 ...
16. Mai 2016 · This radical and abolitionist Gilbert Imlay is the man Wollstonecraft fell in love with and dreamed of living with “on a farm in the pristine American wilderness.” Inlay also wrote what is considered the first American frontier novel, The Emigrants (1793), with some assistance from Wollstonecraft.
Gilbert Imlay, ?1754-1828, American speculator and diplomat. 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 .
26. Sept. 2023 · Gilbert Imlays The Emigrants – 1793, vier Jahre nach der Ratifizierung der US-Verfassung, veröffentlicht – zeigt, dass die diskursive Verbindung zwischen Utopie und den Vereinigten Staaten in der Tat eine Gefahr birgt, die bereits erkennbar war, als sich die Nation noch im Entstehungsprozess befand.
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 ...
Mary herself became a United States citizen through her American lover, ‘Captain’ Gilbert Imlay, who had fought in the War of Independence although his highest rank was almost certainly only Lieutenant. James Wollstonecraft called Imlay ‘a fine, handsome fellow’, and Mary wrote him into one of her novels as an engaging though not very ...
