03105nam 2200649Ia 450 991045413040332120200520144314.01-78138-649-81-84631-308-2(CKB)1000000000576135(EBL)380708(OCoLC)476209766(SSID)ssj0000071026(PQKBManifestationID)11109767(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000071026(PQKBWorkID)10090046(PQKB)11106106(UkCbUP)CR9781846313080(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127433(MiAaPQ)EBC380708(UkCbUP)CR9781781386491(Au-PeEL)EBL380708(CaPaEBR)ebr10369336(CaONFJC)MIL878008(EXLCZ)99100000000057613520061103d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExile and post-1946 Haitian literature[electronic resource] Alexis, Depestre, Ollivier, Laferrière, Danticat /Martin MunroLiverpool Liverpool University Press20071 online resource (318 p.)Contemporary French and francophone cultures ;7Description based upon print version of record.1-84631-854-8 1-84631-079-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexHaitian 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 particuContemporary French and francophone cultures ;7.Haitian literature20th centuryHistory and criticismExiles' writings, HaitianElectronic books.Haitian literatureHistory and criticism.Exiles' writings, Haitian.840.997294840.99729409045Munro Martin870009MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454130403321Exile and post-1946 Haitian literature1967474UNINA