Contes Américains (Exeter French Texts) - Softcover

Saint-Lambert, Jean-François De

 
9780859895446: Contes Américains (Exeter French Texts)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0859895440 ISBN 13: 9780859895446
Publisher: University of Exeter Press, 1997

Synopsis

These three tales, hailed by Diderot among others, but unpublished for over a century (and in one case for nearly two centuries), are a fictional exploration of Otherness and the intercultural set in the New World, either among native Americans (Abenakis, Iroquois) or runaway slaves in Jamaica befriended by Quakers.  They argue powerfully for a reassessment of the philosophe Saint-Lambert, since they represent a significant contribution to the anti-slavery debate of the time and to a consideration of cultural relativity, revitalised by recent postcolonial discourses.
 
This title is Volume 99 in the series Exeter French Texts/Textes littéraires.  It includes an introduction, select bibliography and essential notes, all in French.

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About the Author

Roger Little is Profesor of French at Trinity College, Dublin.

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Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0859895440
ISBN 13 
9780859895446
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
88
Editor
Little Roger