| Description |
1 online resource (310 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; 7
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Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; 7.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-305) and index. |
| Contents |
Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Inhabiting Haiti; 1: Jacques-Stephen Alexis. Janus in Limbo: Urbanization, Exoticism, and Creolization; 2: René Depestre Internal Exiles and Exotic Longings; 3: Émile Ollivier Passing Through; 4: Dany Laferrière Master of the New; 5: Edwidge Danticat Home Is Where the Hurt Is; Conclusion: The Missing People: Theorizing Haitian and Caribbean Exiles; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Haitian writing is one of the richest literary traditions in the Americas, and yet is little known outside of Haiti. This book is an introduction to this literature, focusing on the period from 1946 to the present, a time in which exile has become the dominant theme in Haitian writing. Reading post-1946 Haitian writing as a literature of exile, the chapters analyze key novels by the most important figures of each generation: Jacques-Stephen Alexis, René Depestre, Émile Ollivier, Dany Laferrière, and Edwidge Danticat. The emphasis is on close, detailed readings, and on understanding the particu. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Haitian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Haitian literature. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Munro, Martin. Exile and post-1946 Haitian literature. Liverpool [England] : Liverpool University Press, 2007 1846310792 9781846310799 (OCoLC)75714018 |
| ISBN |
9781846313080 (electronic book) |
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1846313082 (electronic book) |
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1846310792 |
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9781846310799 |
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9781846310799 (cased) |
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