Thresholds: A 'Complete' Table of the Borrowings in Yambo Ouologuem's Le Devoir de Violence, and Why They Matter

by Christopher L. Miller

Recent research has revealed that the borrowings in Yambo Ouologuem's epochal novel Le Devoir de violence (Bound to Violence) are far more extensive than was previously thought. Accused of plagiarism, Ouologuem quit the Parisian literary world and returned to a definitive silence in Mali. This book attempts to provide both a complete table of the borrowings in Le Devoir de Violence and a new theory of their meaning. Miller dispels the myth that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1835532349
• ISBN13: 9781835532348
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"