TY - BOOK AU - Loichot,Valérie TI - Orphan narratives: the postplantation literature of Faulkner, Glissant, Morrison, and Saint-John Perse T2 - New World studies SN - 9780813926407 (alk. paper) AV - PS374.S58 L65 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Charlottesville PB - University of Virginia Press KW - Glissant, Édouard, KW - Saint-John Perse, KW - Faulkner, William, KW - Morrison, Toni. KW - American fiction KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - Slavery in literature KW - Plantation life in literature KW - Families in literature KW - Orphans in literature KW - West Indian literature (French) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-239) and index; Introduction : Narrative orphanage -- A plantation family portrait -- Édouard Glissant's family grammar : La case du commandeur -- Saint-John Perse's shipwrecked plantation : Éloges -- William Faulkner's crossroads : Light in August -- Toni Morrison's postplantation : Song of Solomon -- Conclusion : Postplantation communities UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip075/2006037586.html ER -