A History of Haitian Literature
A History of Haitian Literature
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USDFrom nineteenth-century antislavery pamphleteering to accounts of ecological catastrophe in twenty-first-century fiction, Haitian literature has resounded across the globe since the nation's revolutionaries declared independence in 1804. Starting with pre-revolutionary writing, including the emergence of Haitian Creole letters, extending to the long, largely francophone nineteenth century, and concluding with present-day Haitian writing in the English language, A History of Haitian Literature presents the political, cultural, and historical frameworks necessary to comprehend Haiti's vast literary output. Whether writing in Haiti or its wide-ranging diasporas, Haitian authors have boldly contributed to pressing conversations in global letters while reflecting Haiti's unique cultural and historical experiences. Considering an expansive array of poets, playwrights, and novelists – such as Baron de Vastey, Juste Chanlatte, Demesvar Delorme, Edwidge Danticat, René Depestre, Kettly Mars, Dany Laferrière, and Évelyne Trouillot – the contributors to this volume offer a fresh examination of a richly polyglot, transnational literary tradition that spans more than two centuries.
- Provides an overview of key movements in Haitian literary history and corresponding historical events
- Includes many celebrated and lesser-known Haitian authors, showing how their works fit into broader cultural and historical understandings of Haiti
- Deals with Haitian writing in French, Haitian Creole, and English
Product details
November 2024Adobe eBook Reader
9781009485128
0 pages
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Table of Contents
- 1. Editor's Introduction Marlene L. Daut and Kaiama L. Glover
- 2. Literature as Loot: Jean Fouchard's Search for the Roots of Haitian Culture Laurent Dubois
- 3. Theatre in Early Independent Haiti Grégory Pierrot
- 4. 'So All the World May Know it': The Literary Value of Nineteenth-Century Haitian Song and Opera Henry Stoll
- 5. Civil War, 'guerre de plume,' and the Emergence of Early Haitian Periodical Culture Chelsea Stieber
- 6. History, Politics, and Revolutionary Romanticism in Charles Hérard-Dumesles's Voyage dans le nord d'Hayti (1824) and the anonymously published L'Haïtiade (ca. 1826) Marlene L. Daut
- 7. The Cénacle and the Sacred: Reading Vodou in Haitian Romanticism Mary Grace Albanese
- 8. Émeric Bergeaud's Stella: A Discrepant or Contrapuntal Allegorical Reading of the Haitian Revolution Claudy Delné
- 9. The Predicament of Civilization: Revisiting Late-Nineteenth-Century Haitian Novels Bastien Craipain
- 10. The Politics of Disenchantment: Haitian Poetry from 1870 to 1915 Amy Lynelle
- 11. Haitian Poetry in Creole: The Nineteenth Century and Early Twentieth Century Works Marie-José Nzengou-Tayo
- 12. Some Causes of the Underdevelopment of Haiti's Creole-Language Literature Frenand Léger
- 13. Performing Rebellion and Re-Membering Haiti's Past and Present in Twentieth Century and Contemporary Theater Rachel Douglas
- 14. Haitian Writers and the Forging of a National Voice through Periodicals in the Twentieth Century Linsey Sainte-Claire
- 15. Arrêtez le monde! Je veux rêver: Literature as Politics on Radio Haïti-Inter Laura Wagner
- 16. Occupation-era literature in Haiti Nadève Ménard
- 17. Haitian Literature and the Dominican Republic Sophie MarÃñez
- 18. Marxism and the Moun Andeyo Valerie Kaussen
- 19. Jacques Roumain, from Indigenism to Nationalism Yves Chemla
- 20. For a History of the Novel of Haitian Tradition, 1901–1961 Jean Jonassaint
- 21. Exile and Twentieth-century Haitian Writing Martin Munro
- 22. The Zonbi as Episteme in Haitian Prose Fiction Kaiama L. Glover
- 23. Living Vodou: Representations of Power and Resistance in René Depestre's Un Arc-en-ciel pour l'Occident chrétien Cécile Accilien
- 24. Papa Loko's 'dire poétique,' in Twenty-First Century Port-au-Prince-based Haitian Poetry Alessandra Benedicty-Kokken
- 25. Partisan Politics and Twentieth Century Fictions of the Haitian Revolution Natalie Léger
- 26. Haitian Women's Fiction Marie-Denise Shelton
- 27. Haitian Uses of the Erotic: Feminist Genealogies and Geographies Régine Michelle Jean-Charles
- 28. Archiving Narratives of Maternal Loss and Queer Life in Haitian Fiction in the Wake of the 2010 Earthquake Nathan Dize
- Index.
