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PublisherLiverpool University Press

ISBN-101802070133

ISBN-139781802070132

eBay Product ID (ePID)19057274012

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Book TitleJean-Claude Charles: a Reader's Guide

Number of Pages296 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicCaribbean & Latin American

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism

AuthorEliana VăGăLăU

Book SeriesContemporary French and Francophone Cultures Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight12.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"This book is a welcome addition to the body of Haitian literary criticism. It occupies a unique place as it is the first and only volume entirely dedicated to the late Haitian writer Jean-Claude Charles." Marie-José Nzengou-Tayo

Series Volume Number85

Dewey Decimal843.914

Table Of ContentPreface Rodney Saint-Éloi, Welcome to the Land of Jean-Claude Charles Editors' Introduction, Martin Munro and Eliana Vagalau Section One: Contexts Joëlle Vitiello, Haitian Fugues: Jean-Claude Charles and the Haitian Literary Landscape Eliana Vagalau, Between Haiti and the World: Jean-Claude Charles' Enracinerrance Vincent Joos, Writing against Difference: Racism and Confinement in Jean-Claude Charles' Essays Section Two: Texts and Analyses Jasmine Claude Narcisse, Noir, Nègre et Négoce(s): Navigating Black Being through the 70s. A reading of Le Corps noir by Jean-Claude Charles" J. Michael Dash, All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go: Jean-Claude Charles and "l'écriture du reel" John P. Walsh, Jean-Claude Charles, Chronicler of the "Blues au longs cours" Bonnie Thomas, Enracinerrance in Jean-Claude Charles' Sainte dérive des cochons and Bamboola Bamboche Michaël Ferrier, One Man Band : Music and Writing in the Work of Jean-Claude Charles Stève Puig, America and the Blues in Jean-Claude Charles' Free Alexis Chauchois and Gilles Glacet, Jean-Claude Charles or writing the poto-mitan Brigitte Tsobgny, Le Corps Noir : A Scientific Metaphor to Translate the Complexities of Racism Alba Pessini, Retracing Baskets : A Creative Itinerary Photo-essay: Patrick Bard, Girls Who Like Jazz Often Break the Heel of a Shoe... Section Three: Family, Friends, and Peers Elvire Duvelle-Charles and Cécile Duvelle, Jean-Claude Charles, A Mirror Life Dany Laferrière, A Style Thomas Spear, Straight, No Chaser Edouard Duval-Carrié, From Port-au-Prince to Paris and Miami with Jean-Claude Martine Fidèle, In search of self and of horizons: Jean-Claude Charles, the anguish of being... Kettly Mars, Exile, Myths, and Jean-Claude Charles

SynopsisA major figure of Haitian literature, Jean-Claude Charles is an author for now. An introduction to the universe of this capital writer, this volume will accompany readers seeking strikingly original insights on issues such as race, migration, and exile, and the role of the author and literature in times of crisis., Despite being a major figure of Haitian literature, Jean-Claude Charles (1949-2008) has received relatively little scholarly attention to date. The present volume seeks to serve as an introduction to the work and universe of this unique and capital writer to an English-language readership. The essays in the collection are organized along three major axes: contextual articles, placing Charles' work within the larger Haitian literary landscape, punctual articles, addressing specific themes in a selection of Charles' books, and author testimonials, attesting to Charles' work's importance both to his contemporaries and to a new generation of writers. With the ongoing republication of Charles' work by Mémoire d'encrier in Montreal, and the increasing interest in the author, the proposed volume is timely and necessary, and is in large part a critical accompaniment to the republishing programme. Described by Dany Laferrière as "most brilliant Haitian author of his generation," Charles has until recently remained largely unread and little understood. As the various chapters in the volume show, Charles is an author for now, and the collection will accompany readers seeking strikingly original insights on issues such as race, migration, and exile, and the role of the author and literature in times of crisis.

LC Classification NumberPQ3949.2.C523