Poetics of the Antilles
«Poetics of the Antilles» explores the poetry and thought of four major Francophone Caribbean writers: Perse, Césaire, Fanon and Glissant. The book portrays the complex history of the negritude movements in light of Fanon’s critique and reveals the original aesthetic ideas and philosophical reflections on which these authors’ rich production rests.
«Poetics of the Antilles» explores the poetry and thought of four major Francophone Caribbean writers: Perse, Césaire, Fanon and Glissant. The book portrays the complex history of the negritude movements in light of Fanon’s critique and reveals the original aesthetic ideas and philosophical reflections on which these authors’ rich production rests.
| Autor: | Khalfa, Jean |
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| ISBN: | 9783034308953 |
| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 374 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic Publishers |
| Veröffentlicht: | 26.12.2016 |
| Untertitel: | Poetry, History and Philosophy in the Writings of Perse, Césaire, Fanon and Glissant |
| Schlagworte: | Aimé Césaire Algerian war Antilles Caribbean poetry Collier Césaire colonial psychiatry decolonisation Édouard Glissant |
Jean Khalfa is a Fellow and Senior Lecturer in French Studies at Trinity College Cambridge. He specialises in the history of philosophy, modern literature (in particular contemporary poetry and writing in French from North Africa and the Caribbean), aesthetics and anthropology. His research on Fanon contained in this book was facilitated by the award of a Senior Research Fellowship from the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust.