| I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem Contributor(s): Condé, Maryse (Author), Philcox, Richard (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0813927676 ISBN-13: 9780813927671 Publisher: University of Virginia Press OUR PRICE: $22.28 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: This wild and entertaining novel expands on the true story of the West Indian slave Tituba, who was accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, arrested in 1692, and forgotten in jail until the general amnesty for witches two years later. Maryse CondA(c) brings Tituba out of historical silence and creates for her a fictional childhood, adolescence, and old age. She turns her into what she calls "a sort of female hero, an epic heroine, like the legendary 'Nanny of the maroons, '" who, schooled in the sorcery and magical ritual of obeah, is arrested for healing members of the family that owns her. CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French This book has been supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agencY. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.70 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This wild and entertaining novel expands on the true story of the West Indian slave Tituba, who was accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, arrested in 1692, and forgotten in jail until the general amnesty for witches two years later. Maryse Cond brings Tituba out of historical silence and creates for her a fictional childhood, adolescence, and old age. She turns her into what she calls "a sort of female hero, an epic heroine, like the legendary 'Nanny of the maroons, '" who, schooled in the sorcery and magical ritual of obeah, is arrested for healing members of the family that owns her. CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French This book has been supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agencY. |