Exile and post-1946 Haitian literature : Alexis, Depestre, Ollivier, Laferrière, Danticat /

Haitian writing is one of the richest literary traditions in the Americas, and yet is little known outside of Haiti. This book is an introduction to this literature, focusing on the period from 1946 to the present, a time in which exile has become the dominant theme in Haitian writing. Reading post-...

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Main Author: Munro, Martin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Liverpool [England] : Liverpool University Press, 2007.
Series:Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; 7.
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