Description |
1 online resource (viii, 251 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Introduction: Alexandre Dumas as a francophone writer / Eric Martone -- The paternal mystery of Alexandre Dumas / Simone Dubrovic -- "White Negroes, nothing more": the ambiguous role of the "mulatto" in Alexandre Dumas's Georges / Molly Krueger Enz -- Monte Cristo brings the empire home: Alexandre Dumas and the promise of postcolonial philology / Indra N. Mukhopadhyay -- Georges, or the "mixed-blood" settles scores / Claudie Bernard -- From the literary myth to the lieu de mémoire: Alexandre Dumas and French national identity(ies) / Roxane Petit-Rasselle -- "Dent pour dent": injustice, revenge, and storytelling in The Count of Monte Cristo and Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress / Barbara T. Cooper -- "A French precursor of Obama": the commemoration of General Alexandre Dumas and French reconciliation with the past / Eric Martone |
Summary |
Alexandre Dumas, author of The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, and The Man in the Iron Mask, is the most famous French writer of the nineteenth century. In 2002, his remains were transferred to the Panthéon, a mausoleum reserved for the great |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Print version record |
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Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 -- Criticism and interpretation
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SUBJECT |
Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 fast |
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Dumas, Alexandre 1802-1870 gnd |
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French literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Group identity -- French-speaking countries
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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Literature & literary studies.
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Slavery & abolition of slavery.
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Colonialism & imperialism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
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French colonies
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French literature
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Group identity
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Identity (Psychology) in literature
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Ethnische Identität
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Nationalbewusstsein
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Postkolonialismus
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France -- Colonies.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051201
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French-speaking countries
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Französisches Sprachgebiet
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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Author |
Martone, Eric.
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ISBN |
9781443831222 |
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1443831220 |
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1283240777 |
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9781283240772 |
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9786613240774 |
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661324077X |
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