Stella - Softcover

Bergeaud, Emeric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558765956 ISBN 13: 9781558765955

Verlag: Markus Wiener Publishers, 2014

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Reseña del editor:

Emeric Bergeaud’s Stella (1859), the first Haitian novel ever published, combines descriptions of moving scenes with factual accounts of the thirteen years of the Haitian revolution (1791-1804). Stella is an epic saga: the novel’s chapter headings refer to major events in Haiti’s history, and the major historical figures ― Toussaint, Pétion, Christophe, Sonthonax, and Leclerc, among many others ― are present. Stella is therefore also an important document of Caribbean history. Written while the author was exiled to St. Thomas, due to his alleged participation in an attempt to assassinate the black emperor Faustin I (Soulouque), the work can be read as the first foundational novel of Haiti. It is a mythical retelling of the establishment of the Haitian nation. This narrative presents not only the birth, through revolution, of Haiti as an independent nation but also the strife between political factions in Bergeaud’s contemporary Haiti, including that between blacks and mulattoes in the struggle to control Haiti. Stella vividly introduces readers to the tale of revolt and revolution that eventually led to the creation of a free black nation.

Reseña del editor:

Stella, the first Haitian novel, combines descriptions of moving scenes with factual accounts of the 13 years of the Haitian revolution (1791-1804). Stella is an epic saga and chapter headings refer to major events in Haiti's history and the major historical figures are present - Toussaint. Petion, Christophe, Sonthonax, Leclerc - among many others. The allegorical figures are mainly episodic and are meant to hold the plot together. It is also an important document of Caribbean history and fictionalised history.

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• Verlag: Markus Wiener Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1558765956
• ISBN 13: 9781558765955
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 232