The Tragedy of King Christophe (1963, revised 1970) is recognized as the Martiniquan writer and activist Aime Cesaire's greatest play. Set in the period of upheaval in Haiti after the assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines in 1806, it follows the historical figure of Henri Christophe, a slave who rose to become a general in Toussaint Louverture's army.
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The Tragedy of King Christophe (1963, revised 1970) is recognized as the Martiniquan writer and activist Aime Cesaire's greatest play. Set in the period of upheaval in Haiti after the assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines in 1806, it follows the historical figure of Henri Christophe, a slave who rose to become a general in Toussaint Louverture's army.
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New York. 1970. Grove Press. 1st Printing. Very Good in Slightly Worn Wrappers. Translated from the French by Ralph Manheim. Paperback Original. 96 pages. paperback. E-547. keywords: Drama Martinique Caribbean Black Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER-Aime Cesaire, the celebrated black poet from Martinique, tells a double story in this psychologically and politically acute play: the epic of the independence of a colony and a new version of the ancient theme of hubris. Henri Christophe, the black ex-slave and cook who, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, became first a general and then King of Haiti, is in this play a man driven by ambition. His terrible need to imprint the glory of free Haiti on the historical consciousness of the world fires his imagination to deeds which at first seem glorious but finally take a devastating toll of the people and of himself. The greatest symbol of Christophe's reign, the citadel with the ironic name of Sans Souci, proves to be the symbol of his downfall. For the building of this citadel is the task which breaks the hearts and will of his people and convinces them that Christophe is no longer a benevolent ruler but a despot who must die. But CEsaire submits that even in his final mad-ness Christophe did not altogether lose his humanity, and that his original dedication to his people and his native land, and his vision of the freedom of black people throughout the world, made his lonely death less ignoble. inventory #26644.
