Revista: | La torre (Río Piedras) |
Base de datos: | CLASE |
Número de sistema: | 000399544 |
ISSN: | 0040-9588 |
Autores: | Everson, Sally1 |
Instituciones: | 1Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, San Juan. Puerto Rico |
Año: | 2006 |
Periodo: | Jul-Dic |
Volumen: | 11 |
Número: | 41-42 |
Paginación: | 433-448 |
País: | Puerto Rico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Tipo de documento: | Ensayo |
Enfoque: | Analítico |
Resumen en español | In this essay, I offer a reading of the recently republished Trinidadian novel Warner Arundell, Adventures of a Creole by E.L. Joseph (1838), finding lurking within its hidden design, or forced poetics, not only an abolitionist stance, but also a redemption of slave revot as a legitimate means for achieving racial equiality. I discuss the implications of its setting during the Woodford era, arguing that it is a period in which a colonial modernity is inaugurated. Joseph asserts the possibility of a truly modern Creole future through the reunion of the hero with his colored brother. I also show how the other major mulatto figure, Julien Fédon, as a leader of the failed Grenadian Revolution, is the spectral mulatto who haunts the novel, the mystery that drives the text, and the one who ultimately must be redeemed |
Disciplinas: | Literatura y lingüística, Historia |
Palabras clave: | Novela, Historia social, Novela histórica, "Warner Arundell, adventures of a creole", Joseph, Edward Lanzer, Esclavitud, Trinidad y Tobago, Libertad |
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