Reading Race in Kleist's "Die Verlobung in St. Domingo"

Martin, James P.

doi:10.1353/mon.2008.0056

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“…Due to race and color politics Kleist's short novel is a particularly apt target for Pasquet's novel protagonizing Toussaint. While critics including Martin (2008) and Niekerk (2013) have addressed the question in more depth, a straightforward working explanation suffices for the purposes of this Pasquet-focused study: "For the first time in German literature Kleist addresses the politics of a race-based colonial order and shows, through a careful exploration of a kind of politics of color (black, white, and intermediate shades), the self-deception and ultimate impossibility of existence in a world of absolutes" ("Heinrich von Kleist").…”

Section: Kleist Up Closementioning

confidence: 99%

Trans-Atlantic Interrogation: Fabienne Pasquet’s <em>La deuxième mort de Toussaint Louverture</em>

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Section: Kleist Up Closementioning

confidence: 99%

Trans-Atlantic Interrogation: Fabienne Pasquet’s <em>La deuxième mort de Toussaint Louverture</em>

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Reading Race in Kleist's "Die Verlobung in St. Domingo"

Cited by 1 publication

References 16 publications

Trans-Atlantic Interrogation: Fabienne Pasquet’s <em>La deuxième mort de Toussaint Louverture</em>

Trans-Atlantic Interrogation: Fabienne Pasquet’s <em>La deuxième mort de Toussaint Louverture</em>

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