LEADER 03866nam 2200793Ia 450 001 9910453879503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78694-530-4 010 $a1-84631-420-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000576165 035 $a(EBL)380633 035 $a(OCoLC)476209387 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000878093 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11465879 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000878093 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10835588 035 $a(PQKB)11105841 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000071237 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11120399 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000071237 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10090607 035 $a(PQKB)11253544 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000747374 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12303056 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000747374 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10704357 035 $a(PQKB)11626879 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781846314209 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC380633 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001992627 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL380633 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10369021 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000576165 100 $a20081104d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe sense of community in French Caribbean fiction$b[electronic resource] /$fCelia Britton 210 $aLiverpool $cLiverpool University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (197 p.) 225 1 $aContemporary French and francophone cultures ;$v10 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84631-500-X 311 $a1-84631-137-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 181-186) and index. 327 $aHalf-title; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Restoring Lost Unity in Jacques Roumain's Gouverneurs de la rose?e; 2 Past, Future and the Maroon Community in Edouard Glissant's Le Quatrie?me Sie?cle; 3 Living by Mistake: Individual and Community in Simone Schwarz-Bart's Pluie et vent sur Te?lume?e Miracle; 4 Singular Beings and Political Disorganization in Vincent Placoly's L'Eau-de-mort guildive; 5 Conquering the Town: Stories and Myth in Patrick Chamoiseau's Texaco; 6 Community, Nature and Solitude in Daniel Maximin's L'Ile et une nuit 327 $a7 On Not Belonging: Surrogate Families and Marginalized Communities in Maryse Conde?'s Desirada Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThis book analyses the theme of community in seven French Caribbean novels in relation to the work of the French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy. The islands' complex history means that community is a central and problematic issue in their literature, and underlies a range of other questions such as political agency, individual and collective subjectivity, attitudes towards the past and the future, and even literary form itself. Britton examines Jacques Roumain's Gouverneurs de la rose?e , Edouard Glissant's Le Quatrie?me Sie?cle , Simone Schwarz-Bart's Pluie et vent sur Te?lume?e Miracle , Vincent Plac 410 0$aContemporary French and francophone cultures ;$v10. 606 $aCaribbean fiction (French)$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCommunities in literature 606 $aIdentity (Philosophical concept) in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCaribbean fiction (French)$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCommunities in literature. 615 0$aIdentity (Philosophical concept) in literature. 676 $a843.009 676 $a843.009 22 676 $a860.99729 700 $aBritton$b Celia$0870010 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453879503321 996 $aThe sense of community in French Caribbean fiction$92481483 997 $aUNINA