03010nam 2200649 450 991078916900332120220418200542.00-7391-7657-9(CKB)3710000000077034(EBL)1934323(OCoLC)900633314(SSID)ssj0001085260(PQKBManifestationID)11704031(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001085260(PQKBWorkID)11068551(PQKB)10366653(MiAaPQ)EBC1934323(Au-PeEL)EBL1934323(CaPaEBR)ebr10818895(CaONFJC)MIL551543(PPN)223964603(EXLCZ)99371000000007703420130702h20132013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNarratives of the French empire fiction, nostalgia, and imperial rivalries, 1784 to the present /Kate MarshLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,[2013]©20131 online resource (151 p.)After the empire : the Francophone world and postcolonial France ;47Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-5634-5 0-7391-7656-0 Includes bibliographical references.Colonial encounters and empires in contact -- Tahiti: La nouvelle Cythère, the morality of colonialism, and pseudo-foreign letters -- Martinique, slavery, and emancipation: Louis de Maynard de Queilhe's outre-mer -- "Une effrayante épidémie": the red threat, Indian decolonization, and désordres à Pondichéry -- Competing colonialisms, competing memories: the after-lives of empire.<span><span>"In this important new study, Kate Marsh takes a transnational approach to colonial and Francophone studies, analyzing three distinct literary texts over three centuries. She demonstrates convincingly that our understanding of empire must include the interactions of different imperial formations-specifically, the ways in which French colonialism compared itself to that of other European nations, notably Britain. Focusing on islands and colonial outposts rather than the great colonies of Africa and Asia, Marsh gives us a new portrait of France's colonial empire, one in which expansiAfter the empire ;47.French fictionHistory and criticismColonies in literatureImperialismSocial aspectsFranceNarration (Rhetoric)French fictionHistory and criticism.Colonies in literature.ImperialismSocial aspectsNarration (Rhetoric)843.009/358Marsh Kate1974-2019.1499784MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789169003321Narratives of the French empire3734640UNINA