Contes Américains
Jean-François de Saint-Lambert author Roger Little editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Exeter Press
Published:1st Aug '97
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These three tales, hailed by Diderot among others, but unpublished for over a century (and in one case for nearly two centuries), are a fictional exploration of Otherness and the intercultural set in the New World, either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 littéraires. It includes an introduction, select bibliography and essential notes, all in French.
'A worthwhile addition to this useful series.' (Modern Language Review, Issue 95 no. 2, 2000)
ISBN: 9780859895446
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88 pages