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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Carolyn Vellenga Berman |
ISBN: | 0801443849 9780801443848 |
OCLC Number: | 60743160 |
Description: | xi, 240 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Introduction : domestic fiction and colonial slavery -- "Creoles and creolified" -- Creole nation : Paul et Virginie -- Revising Virginia : Belinda, Indiana, and La fille aux yeux d'or -- Colonial madness in Jane Eyre -- Legitimate families : Uncle Tom's cabin and Incidents in the life of a slave girl -- Indicting domestic fiction : Wide Sargasso Sea. |
Responsibility: | Carolyn Vellenga Berman. |
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Abstract:
The character of the Creole woman-the descendant of settlers or slaves brought up on the colonial frontier-is a familiar one in nineteenth-century French, British, and American literature. In Creole Crossings, Carolyn Vellenga Berman examines the use...
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"Creole Crossings makes a significant contribution to several fields, ranging from studies in the novel to transatlantic studies. Carolyn Vellenga Berman asserts that so-called public issues of race and slavery permeate eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French, British, and American domestic fiction. She illustrates her point by analyzing the ways in which the Creole woman born in the 'periphery' troubles plots conceived at the 'center.' The argument is compelling, the writing clear and elegant. Creole Crossings is a pleasure to read." -- Carla L. Peterson, University of Maryland Read more...

