Book record
Poetry of Haitian independence
Anthology
Translated from French by Deborah Jenson, Doris Y. Kadish, Norman R. Shapiro
Poetry of Haitian independence is an anthology translated and edited through Deborah Jenson, Doris Y. Kadish, Norman R. Shapiro, gathering French poetry connected to Haiti. Its value comes from chorus rather than singular authorship, so it should be named plainly as an anthology. The book's field includes revolutionary memory, public speech, and national becoming, but the larger importance is the act of gathering: voices placed near one another until a tradition, crisis, period, or language becomes newly audible. I would read it as both reference and invitation. Anthologies can become maps, but the best ones also leave doors open for wandering. Poetry of Haitian independence belongs in the translated poetry library because it helps readers find more than one entrance into a literary world.
- Published
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Language
- French
- Country
- Haiti
- ISBN
- 9780300195590