Points of Entanglement in French Caribbean Travel Writing (1620-1722)

This open-access book investigates Francophone Caribbean literature by exploring and analyzing French seventeenth-century travel writings. The book argues for a literary re-examination of the representation of the early colonial Caribbean by proposing theoretical linkages to contemporary Caribbean t...

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Main Author: Kullberg, Christina (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature 2023
Series:Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500-1700
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