Overview

Full Product Details

9780859896702

Table of Contents

Reviews

Little argues, convincingly, that the novel's importance lies in the fact that it has the first hero of colour in French literature and that just as noteworthy is Anniaba's marriage to a white woman, especially in the context of the draconian laws against miscegenation that were introduced into the French colonies during the eighteenth century. For Little, the publication of the novel in 1740 was therefore an act of courage. An oddity the novel may be, but it certainly does not lack interest. -New Zealand Journal of French Studies, Vol. 56:1, 2002-- New Zealand Journal of French Studies

Little argues, convincingly, that the novel's importance lies in the fact that it has the first hero of colour in French literature and that just as noteworthy is Anniaba's marriage to a white woman, especially in the context of the draconian laws against miscegenation that were introduced into the French colonies during the eighteenth century. For Little, the publication of the novel in 1740 was therefore an act of courage. An oddity the novel may be, but it certainly does not lack interest. -New Zealand Journal of French Studies, Vol. 56: 1, 2002

Author Information

Roger Little was Professor of French (1776) at Trinity College Dublin until his retirement in 1998. His academic work has been mainly in modern French poetry and the representation of Blacks in Francographic literature. He has edited several volumes of Textes littéraires, including Ourika (expanded edition, 1998), Contes américains (1997) and Empsaël et Zoraïde (1995). His forthcoming books include Between Totem and Taboo: Black Man, White Woman in Francographic Literature (University of Exeter Press, 2001).

Tab Content 6

Countries Available