I, Tituba, black witch of Salem : a novel /
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 Condé brings Tituba out of historical silence and c...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the French. |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2009.
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| Edition: | First paperback edition. |
| Series: | CARAF books.
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| Summary: | 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 Condé 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. |
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| Item Description: | Subtitle from cover. Originally published as Moi, Tituba, sorcière...noire de Salem, Editions Mercure de France, 1986. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 227 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-227). |
| ISBN: | 0813927676 9780813927671 |