Poetry of Haitian independence / edited by Doris Y. Kadish, Deborah Jenson ; translated by Norman R. Shapiro ; foreword by Edwidge Danticat.

"This collection of deeply felt and powerfully moving Haitian poetry dating back to the first decades of the Caribbean island's independence from French colonial rule sheds a much needed light on an important and often neglected period in Haiti's literary history. Editors Kadish and Jenson have made...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kadish, Doris Y. (Editor)
Jenson, Deborah (Editor)
Shapiro, Norman R. (Translator)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
French
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Genre:
Physical Description:liii, 301 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book

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