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Description and Holding Information
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De Lamartine, Toussaint Louverture; Poëme dramatique,1857
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Toussaint Louverture; Poëme dramatique: New edition, by A. De Lamartine,xiv+310p, Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1857. (The premier presentation of this drama in poetic format, was at the Théatre de la Porte-Saint-Martin on 6 April 1850. This cri d’humanité en cinq actes et en vers was addressed to a presumably sympathetic public, its message no doubt enhanced by the recent abolition of slavery in France and its colonies in 1848. Louverture is presented as a visionary patriot and humanitarian, decades ahead of his time, who was cynically trapped and then imprisoned under conditions calculated to hasten death by a tyrannous Napoleon Bonaparte. An anonymous preface providing historical background for the drama is provided on pp. iv-xiv.)
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Title:
Toussaint Louverture / poëme dramatique par A. de Lamartine.
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OCLC Number:
827217955
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Available Volumes
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Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
Volume 1 | | Yes | No |
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