Precursors of Antislavery
Reassessing the Académie Française Poetry Competition of 1823
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21728575 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Helen McKelvey (0000-0003-2614-7337, Queen's University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 70-89 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dix-Neuf (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-7318 • E-ISSN: 1478-7342 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14787318.2021.1900501 |
| OpenAlex | W3136416955 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
Focussing on a selection of the poems from the 1823 Académie Française's Prix de Poésie, which had for its title l'Abolition de la traite des noirs, this article will explore the key imagery underpinning representations of slavery and arguments for abolition at the time, answering the critical neglect of antislavery poetry and bringing fresh insight to our understanding of the perceptions and representations of early nineteenth-century slavery. Using postcolonial theory, I will interrogate and problematise the narratives the poets have reproduced, as well as analyse the development of abolitionist discourse over the course of the early nineteenth century
Art · Literature · Narrative · Neglect · Poetry · Underpinning · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Psychology
Black Venus
French anti-slavery under the Restoration
Libermann et l'abolition de l'esclavage
Poésie et traite, l'opinion française sur le commerce négrier au début du XIXe siècle
Writing Hybridized Identities in Fatou Diome’s Le ventre de l’Atlantique
White
Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 177-1823
Les Noirs dans la fiction française, d'une abolition de l'esclavage à l'autre
Slave Suicide, Abolition and the Problem of Resistance
West-African Local Colour in Tamango
Haiti and Abolitionism in 1825
Travels in the interior districts of Africa
The Problem of Speaking for Others
The Libertine Colony
Towards a Postcolonial Nineteenth Century
Suicide
L'abolition de la traite des Noirs en France de 1814 à 1831
The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture
Victorians and Africans
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |