The Representation of Slavery in Cuban Fiction

240 Pages·1994·13.646 MB·English

by  Lorna V. Williams

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THE
REPRESENTATION OF SLAVERY
in CUBAN FICTION

THE
REPRESENTATION
OF SLAVERY
in
CUBAN FICTION
Lortm Valerie Williams
University of Missouri Press • Columbia and London
Copyright © 1994 by
The Curators of the University of Missouri
University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri 65201
Printed and bound in the United States of America
All rights reserved
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Williams, Lorna V.
The representation of slavery in Cuban fiction / Lorna Valerie Williams,
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8262-0957-2 (alk. paper)
1. Cuban fiction—19th century—History and criticism. 2. Cuban fiction—20th
century—History and criticism. 3. Slavery and slaves in literature. 4. Cuban prose
literature—19th century—History and criticism. I. Title.
PQ7382.W55 1994
863—dc2o 94-6238
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American National Standard for Permanence of Paper
for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48, 1984.
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Typeface: Galliard
Contents
Preface vii
1. Introduction i
2. Juan Francisco Manzano’s Autobiografia:
Narrating the Unspeakable 21
3. Anselmo Suarez y Romero’s Francisco:
The Primacy of the Sentimental 52
4. Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda’s Sab:
The Feminized Slave 84
5. Antonio Zambrana’s Other Francisco 119
6. Martin Morua Delgado’s Sofia:
Rewriting Cecilia Valdes 159
Bibliography 201
Index 217