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......and the Dogs Were Silent/......Et Les Chiens Se Taisaient

......and the Dogs Were Silent/......Et Les Chiens Se Taisaient

Césaire, Aimé
Gil, Alex
Edwards, Brent Hayes

Hardcover

General Political ScienceGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesPlays

ISBN10: 1478026413
ISBN13: 9781478026419
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: Aug 27 2024
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.00 Width: 9.10 Depth: 6.10
Language: English
Available to readers for the first time, Aimé Césaire's three-act drama . . . . . . And the Dogs Were Silent--written during the Vichy regime in Martinique in 1943 and lost until 2008--dramatizes the Haitian Revolution and the rise and fall of Toussaint Louverture as its heroic leader. This bilingual English and French edition stands apart from Césaire's more widely known 1946 closet drama. Following the slave revolts that sparked the revolution, Louverture arrives as both prophet and poet, general and visionary. With striking dramatic technique, Césaire retells the revolution in poignant encounters between rebels and colonial forces, guided by a prophetic chorus and Louverture's steady ethical and political vision. In the last act, we reach the hero's betrayal, his imprisonment, and his last stand against the lures of compromise. Césaire's masterwork is a strikingly beautiful and brutal indictment of colonial cruelty and an unabashed celebration of Black rebellion and victory.

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