Title: Choses haïtiennes :
Authors: Marcelin, Frédéric,; Soukar, Michel,
Date: 2016
Publisher: C3 Editions,
Physical description: 144 pages : portrait ; 21 cm.
Language: French
LC classification: F
Abstract: New edition of book originally published in 1896. Essay on politics and literature in Haiti. Frederic Marcelin (1848-1917) was a Haitian writer and politician. He was Chief of the Haitian Department of Finance from 1892-1894 under President Hippolyte and again 1905-1908 in the administration of President Nord Alexis. In 1905, Marcelin established the journal Haïti littéraire et sociale. He is also well-known for his novels Marilisse (1903), La Vengeance de Mama (1902), and Thémistocle Epaminondas Labasterre (1901).
Contents: Frédéric Marcelin (1848-1917): notice biographique -- Bibliographie chronologique -- Frédéric Marcelin parmi nous / Olivier Barrau -- Frédéric Marcelin: enfer ou purgatoire? / Michel Soukar -- Choses haïtiennes: politique et littérature (1896) / Michel Soukar -- Biographie critique -- [Introduction a l'édition de 1896] -- Edmond Paul -- Le roi Henri -- Haïti et les États-Unis -- Inauguration de la Société de Législation -- L'étranger en Haïti -- Le livre et la conférence -- Fonctionnaires et employés -- Jean-Jacques Dessalines -- Hannibal Price -- Dans trois ans -- Fatalité! -- Dans la baie de Mancenille -- Page retrouvée.
Notes: Originally published in 1896.
Subject headings (LCSH): Facsimiles.; Haiti--Civilization.; Haiti--Foreign relations--United States.; United States--Foreign relations--Haiti.