anticolonial literature
Antilles
antislavery
autobiographical
Category=FBA
colonial empire
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Francophonie
French Caribbean
liberation abolition of slavery
Napoleonic France
nineteenth-century women's writing
race
rebellion
sentimentalist
Product details
- ISBN 9781603290272
- Weight: 209g
- Dimensions: 139 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jan 2008
- Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A dugout canoe comes ashore on the island of Saint-Barthélemy in the Antilles; in it are a black man, Arsène, and a sleeping white child, Sarah. Seeking refuge, they are taken in by a good man, but the overseer of his plantation threatens both Arsène and Sarah with the loss of their freedom.
Deborah Jenson and Doris Kadish introduce Sarah, an 1821 novella by Desbordes-Valmore, explaining its autobiographical background, political context (the revolt of blacks against Napoléon's soldiers), and literary genre (sentimentalism). The novella was a precursor to anticolonial and antislavery texts by Claire de Duras, Victor Hugo, George Sand, and Alphonse de Lamartine.
