Édouard Glissant
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Édouard Glissant (21 September 1928 – 3 February 2011) was a Martinican writer, poet and literary critic. He is widely recognised as one of the most influential figures in Caribbean thought and cultural commentary.
Works
- Books
- Le Discours Antillais, Paris: Seuil, 1981. (French)
- Carribbean Discourse: Selected Essays, trans. & intro. J. Michael Dash, University Press of Virginia, 1989, 272 pp. (English) Reviews: Silenieks (NWIG 1990), Costa (French Review 1992), Taylor (Transition 1994).
- Poétique de la relation, Paris: Gallimard, 1990. (French)
- Poetics of Relation, trans. Betsy Wing, University of Michigan Press, 1997, 226 pp. (English) Reviews: Prieto (SubStance 1998), Cailler (RAL 1999), Skerritt (2012).
- Tout-Monde, Paris: Gallimard, 1993. Excerpt. (French)
- Poétique, IV: Traité du Tout-Monde, Paris: Gallimard, 1997. (French)
- Philosophie de la relation: poésie en étendue, Paris: Gallimard, 2009. (French)
- Articles
- "Michel Leiris: The Repli and the Dépli", Yale French Studies 81 (1992), pp 21-27.
Literature
- Celia Britton, Edouard Glissant and Postcolonial Theory, University of Virginia Press, 1999, xiv+224 pp. (English) Review: Mahlis (MFS 2000), Bongie (NWIG 2000), Kadish (IFR 2001).
- J. Michael Dash, "Homme du tout-monde. Édouard Glissant, 1928–2011", Caribbean Review of Books, Jan 2011. (English)
- A. James Arnold, "In Memoriam: Edouard Glissant (1928–2011)", Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas 45:1 (2012), pp 106-108. (English)
- Regionality/Mondiality: Perspectives on Art, Aesthetics and Globalization, eds. Charlotte Bydler and Cecilia Sjöholm, Stockholm: Södertörns University Press, 2014, 301 pp. [1] (English)
