Childhood, autobiography and the francophone Caribbean

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Hardwick,Louise (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2013
    WorldCat URL:
    http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9781846318412
    Published:
    Liverpool: Liverpool Univ. Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    ISBN:
    9781846318412; 1846318416
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, Literature, Chamoiseau, Patrick, 1953-, Conde, Maryse, 1937-, Autobiography, Maximin, Daniel, 1947-, History and criticism, Confiant, Raphaël, 1951-, Laferrière, Dany, 1953-, and French-speaking Areas
    Notes:
    248 p., Draws attention to a neglected body of récits d'enfance, or childhood memoirs, by contemporary bestselling, prize-winning Francophone Caribbean authors Patrick Chamoiseau, Maryse Condé, Gisèle Pineau, Daniel Maximin, Raphaël Confiant and Dany Laferrière, while also offering new readings of texts by Aimé Césaire, Frantz Fanon, Edouard Glissant, Joseph Zobel, Françoise Ega, Michèle Lacrosil, Maurice Virassamy and Mayotte Capécia.

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