Orphan narratives
Subtitle: the postplantation literature of Faulkner, Glissant, Morrison, and Saint-John Perse
By: Valérie Loichot.
Series: New World studies
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813926407; 9780813926414
Subjects: Glissant, Édouard, -- 1928-; Saint-John Perse, -- 1887-1975; Faulkner, William, -- 1897-1962; Morrison, Toni; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Slavery in literature; Plantation life in literature; Family in literature; Orphans in literature; West Indian literature (French) -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A plantation family portrait; title: Édouard Glissant's family grammar : La case du commandeur; title: Saint-John Perse's shipwrecked plantation : Éloges; title: William Faulkner's crossroads : Light in August; title: Toni Morrison's postplantation : Song of Solomon.