Monsieur Toussaint

by Edouard Glissant

Overview

Glissant's (French, City U. of New York-Graduate Center) play, published in 1961 and first staged in Paris in 1977, tells the story of Francoise-Domingue Toussaint L'ouverture (1743-1803) and the central role he played in a slave rebellion in what is now Haiti that was an almost unknown episode in the French Revolution played out in the Americas. Dash (French, New York U.) presents an English version based on the French original in collaboration with the author to celebrate the bicentennial of Toussaint's death. He includes explanatory end notes. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782070746217
Publisher:	Gallimard
Publication date:	01/28/1986
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Edouard Glissant is Distinguished Professor of French at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is regularly honored for his profound and original representations of the people of the Caribbean. J. Michael Dash, a widely recognized expert on Glissant's work, is professor of French at New York University.