Contes Americains
Will be published approx. on 1. August 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
88 pages
978-0-85989-544-6 (ISBN)
Description
These three tales, hailed by Diderot among others, but unpublished for over a century (and in one case for nearly two centuries), are a fictional exploration of Otherness and the intercultural set in the New World, either among native Americans (Abenakis, Iroquois) or runaway slaves in Jamaica befriended by Quakers. They argue powerfully for a reassessment of the philosophe Saint-Lambert, since they represent a significant contribution to the anti-slavery debate of the time and to a consideration of cultural relativity, revitalised by recent postcolonial discourses.
This title is Volume 99 in the series Exeter French Texts/Textes litteraires. It includes an introduction, select bibliography and essential notes, all in French.
This title is Volume 99 in the series Exeter French Texts/Textes litteraires. It includes an introduction, select bibliography and essential notes, all in French.
Reviews / Votes
'A worthwhile addition to this useful series.' (Modern Language Review, Issue 95 no. 2, 2000)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Exter
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
181 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85989-544-6 (9780859895446)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Roger Little is Profesor of French at Trinity College, Dublin.
Content
Frontispice: "Titre-planche" du Traite de la couleur de la peau humaine de Claude-Nicolas Le Cat, Amsterdam, 1765
Introduction
Portrait (anonyme) de Saint-Lambert
L'Abenaki
Carte de l'Amerique septentrionale, 1743
Zimeo
Les Deux Amis: conte iroquois
Chutes du Niagara, Hennepin, 1698, Davies, 1768
Poemes en prose
Un ecrivain genereux
Note technique
Bibliographie selective
Dessin de Pessin
Contes Americains; L'Abenkai
Zimeo
Les Deux Amis: Conte Iroquois
Annexes
A Commentaire sur le frontispice
B Extraits des Incas de Marmontel
C Note de Saint-Lambert a un vers des Saisons
D Saint-Lambert, Reflexions sur... l'etat des Negres
E Extraits des Lettres iroquoises de Maubert de Gouvest
F Memoire (anonyme) sur les Iroquois
suivi d'extraits du journal de Bougainville
G Preceptes de Saint-Lambert sur l'amitie
Introduction
Portrait (anonyme) de Saint-Lambert
L'Abenaki
Carte de l'Amerique septentrionale, 1743
Zimeo
Les Deux Amis: conte iroquois
Chutes du Niagara, Hennepin, 1698, Davies, 1768
Poemes en prose
Un ecrivain genereux
Note technique
Bibliographie selective
Dessin de Pessin
Contes Americains; L'Abenkai
Zimeo
Les Deux Amis: Conte Iroquois
Annexes
A Commentaire sur le frontispice
B Extraits des Incas de Marmontel
C Note de Saint-Lambert a un vers des Saisons
D Saint-Lambert, Reflexions sur... l'etat des Negres
E Extraits des Lettres iroquoises de Maubert de Gouvest
F Memoire (anonyme) sur les Iroquois
suivi d'extraits du journal de Bougainville
G Preceptes de Saint-Lambert sur l'amitie