University of Exeter Press
Contes Américains
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These three tales, hailed by Diderot among others, but unpublished for over a century (and in one case for nearly two centuries), are a fictional exploration of Otherness and the intercultural set in the New World, either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)
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
