Jean-Claude Charles: A Readers Guide

A major figure of Haitian literature, Jean-Claude Charles is an author for now. An introduction to the universe of this capital writer, this volume will accompany readers seeking strikingly original insights on issues such as race, migration, and exile, and the role of the author and literature in times of crisis.

About the author

Martin Munro is Winthrop-King Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Florida State University, and the author of Different Drummers: Rhythm and Race in the Americas (University of California Press, 2010); Exile and Post-1946 Haitian Literature: Alexis, Depestre, Ollivier, Laferrière, Danticat (Liverpool University Press, 2007); and editor of Haiti Rising: Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of 2010 (Liverpool University Press, 2010).

Eliana Vagalau is Assistant Professor of French at Loyola University Chicago. Her research on francophone Caribbean literature and contemporary philosophy has appeared in journals such as Francofonia, Sites, and Francophonies d'Amérique. She is associate editor of the literary and art review intranQu'îllités.

Product details

• Authors: Martin (Florida State University (United St Munro
• Assisted by: Martin Munro (Editor), Martin (Florida State University (United States)) Munro (Editor), Eliana Vagalau (Editor)
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9781835537084
• ISBN: 978-1-83553-708-4
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies