Description
This edition, containing an extensive introduction, notes, the French original, and a new translation of Césaire's poetry-the complex and challenging later works as well as the famous Notebook-will remain the definitive Césaire in English.
Author: Aime Cesaire
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 10/03/1983
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.61lbs
Size: 9.98h x 6.90w x 0.99d
ISBN13: 9780520053205
ISBN10: 0520053206
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | European | General
Author: Aime Cesaire
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 10/03/1983
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.61lbs
Size: 9.98h x 6.90w x 0.99d
ISBN13: 9780520053205
ISBN10: 0520053206
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | European | General
About the Author
Aimé Césaire (1913-2008) was a Francophone and French poet, author and politician from Martinique. He was "one of the founders of the négritude movement in Francophone literature".His works included Une Tempête, a response to Shakespeare's play The Tempest, and Discours sur le colonialisme (Discourse on Colonialism), an essay describing the strife between the colonizers and the colonized. His works have been translated into many languages.