The rule of François ("Papa Doc") Duvalier in two novels by Roger Dorsinville : realism and magic realism in Haiti

Author(s)

• Dorsinville, Roger
• Dorsinville, Max

Bibliographic Information

The rule of François ("Papa Doc") Duvalier in two novels by Roger Dorsinville : realism and magic realism in Haiti

edited and translated by Max Dorsinville

（Caribbean studies, v. 6）

E. Mellen Press, c2000

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-311)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A critical edition of two translated novels ("The Mad King" and "The Creator and the Mad King") from the French, by Haitian writer Roger Dorsinville (1911-1992) on the rule of Francois Duvalier. This volume argues that Roger Dorsinville's novels fit in the tradition of Joseph Conrad's narratives exploring the darker side of human and social behaviour as well as in the Latin American stream of magic realism. A number of critical texts are appended, along with a selected bibliography.

Table of Contents

• The mad king
• the creator and the mad king. Appendices: excerpts from Jean Jonassaint's interview with Roger Dorsinville
• excerpts from Roger Dorsinville's conversations with Jean Coradin
• "the impossible say of the men of good will" article by Max Dorsinville
• "mysticism in Duvalier's discourse" article by Karl Leveque.

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Details

• NCID: BA73451820
• ISBN:
  • 0773478302
• LCCN: 99051798
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: Lewiston, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 311 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PQ3949.D62
  • DC21 : 843
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Dorsinville, Roger -- Translations into English
  • LCSH : Duvalier, François, 1907-1971 -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Haiti -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Dorsinville, Roger -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : Duvalier, François, 1907-1971 -- In literature
  • LCSH : Haiti -- In literature
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA54621785