Orphan narratives : the postplantation literature of Faulkner, Glissant, Morrison, and Saint-John Perse /
Loichot, Valérie,1968-
Charlottesville, Va. ; London : University of Virginia Press,
2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-239) and index.
Introduction : Narrative orphanage -- A plantation family portrait -- Édouard Glissant's family grammar : La case du commandeur -- Saint-John Perse's shipwrecked plantation : Éloges -- William Faulkner's crossroads : Light in August -- Toni Morrison's postplantation : Song of Solomon -- Conclusion : Postplantation communities.
Glissant, Édouard, 1928-
Saint-John Perse, 1887-1975.
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.
Morrison, Toni.
American fiction
Slavery in literature.
Plantation life in literature.
Family in literature.
Orphans in literature.
West Indian literature (French)