Description
In Creole Medievalism, Michelle Warren demonstrates that Bedier's relationship to this multicultural and economically peripheral colony motivates his nationalism in complex ways. Simultaneously proud of his French heritage and nostalgic for the island, Bedier defends French sovereignty based on an ambivalent resistance to his creole culture. Warren shows that in the early twentieth century, influential intellectuals from Reunion helped define the new genre of the "colonial novel," adopting a pro-colonial spirit that shaped both medieval and Francophone studies. Probing the work of a once famous but little understood cultural figure, Creole Medievalism illustrates how postcolonial France and Reunion continue to grapple with histories too varied to meet expectations of national unity.
About the Author
Michelle R. Warren is professor of comparative literature at Dartmouth College.
Book Information
ISBN 9780816665266
Author Michelle R. Warren
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint University of Minnesota Press
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 25mm