Patrick Chamoiseau : recovering memory / Maeve McCusker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCusker, Maeve.

Series:

Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; 8.

Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Memory in literature.

Chamoiseau, Patrick--Criticism and interpretation.

Chamoiseau, Patrick.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Now available in paperback, this acclaimed book skilfully examines the work of the award-winning writer Patrick Chamoiseau. Considered by many as one of the most innovative writers to hit the French literary scene in over 40 years, Chamoiseau made his name with his book Texaco (published in 1992 and winner of the highest literary prize in France, the Prix Goncourt). His books have gone on to sell millions and his work has been translated by a number of academic presses. McCusker sets the author in context, providing a valuable contribution to ‘memory studies’ by looking at literary representation of memory in Martinique, a society founded on slavery but now politically assimilated to the metropolitan centre, France.

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; Introduction; 1: Beginnings: The Enigma of Origin; 2: 'Une tracée de survie': Autobiographical Memory; 3: Memory Re-collected: Witnesses and Words; 4: Memory Materialized: Traces of the Past; 5: Flesh Made Word: Traumatic Memory in Biblique des derniers gestes; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 May 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78694-532-0

1-84631-373-2

OCLC:

476209716