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Orphan narratives : the postplantation literature of Faulkner, Glissant, Morrison, and Saint-John Perse
- Title
- Orphan narratives : the postplantation literature of Faulkner, Glissant, Morrison, and Saint-John Perse / Valérie Loichot.
- Author
- Loichot, Valérie, 1968-
- Publication
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007.
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- Description
- ix, 244 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- New World studies
- Uniform Title
- New World studies.
- Subject
- Glissant, Édouard, 1928-2011
- Saint-John Perse, 1887-1975
- Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
- Morrison, Toni
- American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
- Slavery in literature
- Plantation life in literature
- Families in literature
- Orphans in literature
- West Indian literature (French) > History and criticism
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-239) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : narrative orphanage -- 1. A plantation family portrait -- 2. Edouard Glissant's family grammar : La case du commandeur -- 3. Saint-John Perse's shipwrecked plantation : Eloges -- 4. William Faulkner's crossroads : Light in August -- 5. Toni Morrison's postplantation : Song of Solomon -- Conclusion : postplantation communities -- App. A. Song of Solomon family tree -- App. B. Transfamily tree.
- ISBN
- 9780813926407 (alk. paper)
- 0813926408 (alk. paper)
- 9780813926414 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0813926416 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006037586
- OCLC
- OCM76828687
- 76828687
- SCSB-5341299
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries