Charles Testut's Le Vieux Salomon

Informationen zum Autor By Sheri Abel Klappentext Through the study of Charles Testut's Le Vieux Salomon, a nineteenth-century southern Francophone antislavery novel, this book encourages a reassessment of the southern experience and of the canon of southern literature. Arguing for a southern literary identity strongly influenced by French socialist thought and colonial culture, Abel's book is an invaluable resource for Francophone scholars interested in race and colonial literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Social Disruption: Testut and French Socialism Chapter 3 "La plus grande et la plus belle des Societes humaines": Freemasonry and Le Vieux Salomon Chapter 4 "The Stupid Aristocracy of Skin": The Black Persona in Le Vieux Salomon Chapter 5 Local Color and the Literary Imagination: Uncle Tom's Cabin and Le Vieux Salomon

Autorentext

By Sheri Abel

Klappentext

Through the study of Charles Testut's Le Vieux Salomon, a nineteenth-century southern Francophone antislavery novel, this book encourages a reassessment of the southern experience and of the canon of southern literature. Arguing for a southern literary identity strongly influenced by French socialist thought and colonial culture, Abel's book is an invaluable resource for Francophone scholars interested in race and colonial literature.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Social Disruption: Testut and French Socialism Chapter 3 "La plus grande et la plus belle des Societes humaines": Freemasonry and Le Vieux Salomon Chapter 4 "The Stupid Aristocracy of Skin": The Black Persona in Le Vieux Salomon Chapter 5 Local Color and the Literary Imagination: Uncle Tom's Cabin and Le Vieux Salomon