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Peter Thompson has taught in prep schools (hence the misadventures chronicled in the Harrison Rhodes novels) for 18 years, and in college for 23.
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After early work on Antonin Artaud, Léon-Paul Fargue and Gérard de Nerval, his research has centered on the Négritude movement and on African heritage literature.
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Book titles are on this site and articles and conferences are on the c.v. page. The latter lists are abridged.
Articles (recent):
"From Negritude to Multiculturalism: A Look Back," Academic Exchange Quarterly, Volume 3 no. 1, 1999
"Negritude and A New Africa: An Update," Research In African Literatures, volume 33 no. 4, 2002.
(also appears in the anthology African Literature: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory, Quayson and Olinayan eds., 2007.)
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"Nabile Farès: Translation and Alterity," Expressions Maghrébines, Volume 17 no. 2, 2018.
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"Une Traduction," in the book Hommage Collectif: Nabile Farés. Algiers: Editions Koukou, 2019.
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