Édouard Glissant : The Poetics of Risk

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Titre
Édouard Glissant : The Poetics of Risk
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Titre du volume
3
Volume
15
Date
2011/10
Langue(s)
Anglais
Issn
07990537
Résumé
The article offers information on the life and works of Martinican writer and poet Edouard Glissant. It states that Glissant was a master thinker and was pronounced the title "the father of a future Martinican literature" by author Patrick Chamoiseau. It mentions that his interests ranged widely across academic disciplines and literary genres. He developed a theory that diversity would continue to evolve because of unpredictable transformations, produced from global creolization.
Creator
J. Michael Dash
Subject
AUTHORS
CHAMOISEAU, Patrick
CREOLES
GLISSANT, Edouard, 1928-2011
MARTINICAN literature (French)
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pages
102-107
short title
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doi
10.1215/07990537-1443322