C. L. R. James

Toussaint Louverture

The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History; A Play in Three Acts
Herausgeber: Høgsbjerg, Christian

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Produktbeschreibung

A new critical edition of Toussaint Louverture, the play written by the Trinidadian intellectual and activist C. L. R. James in 1934, performed at London's Westminster Theatre in 1936, and then presumed lost until its rediscovery in 2005.

Produktdetails

• The C. L. R. James Archives
• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780822353140
• ISBN-10: 0822353148
• Artikelnr.: 36271092

Autorenporträt

C. L. R. James (1901–89) was a Trinidadian historian, novelist, activist, and cultural and political critic. He wrote many books, including a seminal cultural study of cricket, Beyond a Boundary, which is also published by Duke University Press. Christian Høgsbjerg is a historian who lectures at Leeds Metropolitan University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword / Laurent Dubois vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction / Christian Høgsbjerg 1
Editorial Note / Christian Høgsbjerg 41
Author's Note (1936) / C. L. R. James 45
Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in
History
The Complete Playscript (1934) 47
Act II, Scene I, of Toussaint Louverture (1936) 135
The Production and Performance of Toussaint Louverture
Notices 155
The Programme (1936) 160
Reviews 164
Appendix
"The Intelligence of the Negro" / C. L. R. James 189
"A Century of Freedom" / C. L. R. James 199
"Slavery Today: A Shocking Exposure" / C. L. R. James 206
"I Want Negro Culture" / Paul Robeson 212
"'Civilising' the 'Blacks': Why Britain Needs to Maintain Her African
Possessions" / C. L. R. James 214
Letter from George Padmore to Dr. Alain Locke 217
["The Maverick Club"] / C. L. R. James 218
"A Unique Personality" / C. L. R. James 219
"Paul Robeson" / C. L. R. James 221