Contes Americains: L'Abenaki, Zimeo, Les Deux Amis - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0859895440 ISBN 13: 9780859895446

Casa editrice: Univ of Exeter Pr, 1997

Riassunto

These three tales, hailed by Diderot among others, but unpublished for over a century (and in one case for nearly two centuries), are a fictional exploration of Otherness and the intercultural set in the New World, either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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Recensione

A worthwhile addition to this useful series. ---Modern Language Review, 95.2, 2000

Saint-Lambert's stories, while not distinguished by any exceptional literary merits, none the less have their place in intellectual and cultural history and were well worth re-editing. Little is to be commended on making them easily accessible again in this splendid edition. ---French Studies, LIV.1, 2000

L'autore

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

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Exeter Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0859895440
• ISBN 13: 9780859895446
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 88
• Redattore: Little Roger