The Haitian revolution in the literary imagination : radical horizons, conservative constraints /
Kaisary, Philip,1978-
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. Radical recuperations: universalism and transformation -- Radical universalism: the Haitian revolution, Aimé Césaire, and C.L.R. James -- Langston Hughes: Harlem and Haiti -- Return to négritude: the Haitian revolution and René Depestre's Un arc-en-ciel pour l'occident chrétien -- The Haitian revolution and radical visual politics: Jacob Lawrence, Kimathi Donkor, and the cultures of philately -- Pt. 2. Conservative visions: pessimism, seduction, and fantasy -- Edouard Glissant's Monsieur Toussaint: conservatism hidden in Relation -- Ideological frailty and the marvelous in Alejo Carpentier's El reino de este mundo -- The aesthetics of cyclical pessimism: Derek Walcott's Haitian trilogy -- Fantasizing the Haitian revolution with Madison Smartt Bell -- Conclusion.
Caribbean literature
Haiti
Literature and history.