Narratives of the French empire : fiction, nostalgia, and imperial rivalries, 1784 to the present /

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Using fiction as a historical source, this study investigates how the French empire was construed and infused with meaning at three historical moments: 1784, 1835, and 1938. Showing how literary and more general conceptions of French colonialism were influenced by an awareness of how rival European...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marsh, Kate, 1974-2019 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]
Colección:After the empire.
Temas:
French fiction > History and criticism.
Colonies in literature.
Imperialism > Social aspects > France.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Roman français > Histoire et critique.
Colonies dans la littérature.
Impérialisme > Aspect social > France.
Narration.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Colonies in literature
French fiction
Imperialism > Social aspects
Frankreichbild
Kolonie > Motiv
Kolonialliteratur
Französisch
France
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Colonial encounters and empires in contact
  • Tahiti: La nouvelle Cythère, the morality of colonialism, and pseudo-foreign letters
  • Martinique, slavery, and emancipation: Louis de Maynard de Queilhe's outre-mer
  • "Une effrayante épidémie": the red threat, Indian decolonization, and désordres à Pondichéry
  • Competing colonialisms, competing memories: the after-lives of empire.

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