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Stella, first published in 1859, is an imaginative retelling of
Haiti’s fight for independence from slavery and French
colonialism. Set during the years of the Haitian Revolution
(1791-1804), Stella tells the story of two brothers, Romulus and
Remus, who help transform their homeland from the French colony of
Saint-Domingue to the independent republic of Haiti. Inspired by
the sacrifice of their African mother Marie and Stella, the spirit
of Liberty, Romulus and Remus must learn to work together to found
a new country based on the principles of freedom and equality. This
new translation and critical edition of Émeric Bergeaud’s
allegorical novel makes Stella available to English-speaking
audiences for the first time. Considered the first novel written by
a Haitian, Stella tells of the devastation and deprivation that
colonialism and slavery wrought upon Bergeaud’s homeland. Unique
among nineteenth-century accounts, Stella gives a pro-Haitian
version of the Haitian Revolution, a bloody but just struggle that
emancipated a people, and it charges future generations with
remembering the sacrifices and glory of their victory. Bergeaud's
novel demonstrates that the Haitians—not the French—are the
true inheritors of the French Revolution, and that Haiti is the
realization of its republican ideals. At a time in which Haitian
Studies is becoming increasingly important within the
English-speaking world, this edition calls attention to the rich
though under-examined world of nineteenth-century Haiti.
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Stella (Hardcover)
Emeric Bergeaud; Translated by Adriana Umana Hossman; Introduction by Luis Duno Gottberg, Adriana Umana Hossman
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R2,148
Discovery Miles 21 480
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Stella, the first Haitian novel, combines descriptions of moving
scenes with factual accounts of the 13 years of the Haitian
revolution (1791-1804). Stella is an epic saga and chapter headings
refer to major events in Haiti's history and the major historical
figures are present - Toussaint. Petion, Christophe, Sonthonax,
Leclerc - among many others. The allegorical figures are mainly
episodic and are meant to hold the plot together. It is also an
important document of Caribbean history and fictionalised history.
Written while the author was exiled to St. Thomas, due to his
alleged participation in an attempt to assassinate the black
emperor Faustin I (Soulouque), the work can be read as the first
foundational novel of Haiti. It is a mythical retelling of the
establishment of the Haitian nation. This narrative presents not
only the birth, through revolution, of Haiti as an independent
nation but also the strife between political factions in Bergeaud's
contemporary Haiti, including that between blacks and mulattoes in
the struggle to control Haiti. Stella vividly introduces readers to
the tale of revolt and revolution that eventually led to the
creation of a free black nation.
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Stella (Paperback)
Emeric Bergeaud; Translated by Adriana Umana Hossman; Introduction by Luis Duno Gottberg, Adriana Umana Hossman
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R652
Discovery Miles 6 520
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Stella, the first Haitian novel, combines descriptions of moving
scenes with factual accounts of the 13 years of the Haitian
revolution (1791-1804). Stella is an epic saga and chapter headings
refer to major events in Haiti's history and the major historical
figures are present - Toussaint. Petion, Christophe, Sonthonax,
Leclerc - among many others. The allegorical figures are mainly
episodic and are meant to hold the plot together. It is also an
important document of Caribbean history and fictionalised history.
Written while the author was exiled to St. Thomas, due to his
alleged participation in an attempt to assassinate the black
emperor Faustin I (Soulouque), the work can be read as the first
foundational novel of Haiti. It is a mythical retelling of the
establishment of the Haitian nation. This narrative presents not
only the birth, through revolution, of Haiti as an independent
nation but also the strife between political factions in Bergeaud's
contemporary Haiti, including that between blacks and mulattoes in
the struggle to control Haiti. Stella vividly introduces readers to
the tale of revolt and revolution that eventually led to the
creation of a free black nation.
Stella, first published in 1859, is an imaginative retelling of
Haiti's fight for independence from slavery and French colonialism.
Set during the years of the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), Stella
tells the story of two brothers, Romulus and Remus, who help
transform their homeland from the French colony of Saint-Domingue
to the independent republic of Haiti. Inspired by the sacrifice of
their African mother Marie and Stella, the spirit of Liberty,
Romulus and Remus must learn to work together to found a new
country based on the principles of freedom and equality. This new
translation and critical edition of Emeric Bergeaud's allegorical
novel makes Stella available to English-speaking audiences for the
first time. Considered the first novel written by a Haitian, Stella
tells of the devastation and deprivation that colonialism and
slavery wrought upon Bergeaud's homeland. Unique among
nineteenth-century accounts, Stella gives a pro-Haitian version of
the Haitian Revolution, a bloody but just struggle that emancipated
a people, and it charges future generations with remembering the
sacrifices and glory of their victory. Bergeaud's novel
demonstrates that the Haitians-not the French-are the true
inheritors of the French Revolution, and that Haiti is the
realization of its republican ideals. At a time in which Haitian
Studies is becoming increasingly important within the
English-speaking world, this edition calls attention to the rich
though under-examined world of nineteenth-century Haiti.
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