The Haitian revolution in the literary imagination
Kaisary, Philip, 1978-
The Haitian revolution in the literary imagination radical horizons, conservative constraints / [electronic resource] : Philip Kaisary. - London : University of Virginia Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - New World studies . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. Radical recuperations: universalism and transformation -- Radical universalism: the Haitian revolution, Aime Cesaire, and C.L.R. James -- Langston Hughes: Harlem and Haiti -- Return to negritude: the Haitian revolution and Rene depestre's Un arc-en-ciel pour l'occident chretien -- The Haitian revolution and radical visual politics: Jacob Lawrence, Kimathi Donkor, and the cultures of philately -- Pt. 2. Conservative visions: pessimism, seduction, and fantasy -- Edouard Glissant's Monsieur Toussaint: conservatism hidden in La relation -- Ideological frailty and the marvelous in Alejo Carpentier's El reino de este mundo -- The aesthetics of cyclical pessimism: Derek Walcott's Haitian trilogy -- Fantasizing the Haitian revolution with Madison Smartt Bell -- Conclusion.
9780813935485 0813935482
Literature and history.
Haiti--History--Influence.--Revolution, 1791-1804
Caribbean literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Haiti--In literature.
Haiti--History--Literature and the revolution.--Revolution, 1791-1804
Electronic books.
PN849.C3 / K35 2014
809/.933587294
The Haitian revolution in the literary imagination radical horizons, conservative constraints / [electronic resource] : Philip Kaisary. - London : University of Virginia Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - New World studies . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. Radical recuperations: universalism and transformation -- Radical universalism: the Haitian revolution, Aime Cesaire, and C.L.R. James -- Langston Hughes: Harlem and Haiti -- Return to negritude: the Haitian revolution and Rene depestre's Un arc-en-ciel pour l'occident chretien -- The Haitian revolution and radical visual politics: Jacob Lawrence, Kimathi Donkor, and the cultures of philately -- Pt. 2. Conservative visions: pessimism, seduction, and fantasy -- Edouard Glissant's Monsieur Toussaint: conservatism hidden in La relation -- Ideological frailty and the marvelous in Alejo Carpentier's El reino de este mundo -- The aesthetics of cyclical pessimism: Derek Walcott's Haitian trilogy -- Fantasizing the Haitian revolution with Madison Smartt Bell -- Conclusion.
9780813935485 0813935482
Literature and history.
Haiti--History--Influence.--Revolution, 1791-1804
Caribbean literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Haiti--In literature.
Haiti--History--Literature and the revolution.--Revolution, 1791-1804
Electronic books.
PN849.C3 / K35 2014
809/.933587294