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These three tales, hailed by Diderot among others, but unpublished for over a century (and in one case for nearly two centuries), are a fictional exploration of Otherness and the intercultural set in the New World, either among native Americans (Abenakis, Iroquois) or runaway slaves in Jamaica befriended by Quakers. They argue powerfully for a reassessment of the philosophe Saint-Lambert, since they represent a significant contribution to the anti-slavery debate of the time and to a consideration of cultural relativity, revitalised by recent postcolonial discourses.
This title is Volume 99 in the series Exeter French Texts/Textes littéraires. It includes an introduction, select bibliography and essential notes, all in French.
'A worthwhile addition to this useful series.' (Modern Language Review, Issue 95 no. 2, 2000)
Roger Little is Profesor of French at Trinity College, Dublin.
Frontispice: "Titre-planche" du Traite de la couleur de la peau humaine de Claude-Nicolas Le Cat, Amsterdam, 1765
Introduction
Portrait (anonyme) de Saint-Lambert
L'Abenaki
Carte de l'Amerique septentrionale, 1743
Zimeo
Les Deux Amis: conte iroquois
Chutes du Niagara, Hennepin, 1698, Davies, 1768
Poemes en prose
Un ecrivain genereux
Note technique
Bibliographie selective
Dessin de Pessin
Contes Americains; L'Abenkai
Zimeo
Les Deux Amis: Conte Iroquois
Annexes
A Commentaire sur le frontispice
B Extraits des Incas de Marmontel
C Note de Saint-Lambert a un vers des Saisons
D Saint-Lambert, Reflexions sur... l'etat des Negres
E Extraits des Lettres iroquoises de Maubert de Gouvest
F Memoire (anonyme) sur les Iroquois
suivi d'extraits du journal de Bougainville
G Preceptes de Saint-Lambert sur l'amitie