Originally published in 1939, Aim C saire's Cahier d'un retour au pays natal is a landmark of modern French poetry and a founding text of the N gritude movement. This bilingual edition features a new authoritative translation, revised introduction, and extensive commentary, making it a magisterial edition of C saire's surrealist masterpiece.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780822368960
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication Date: 11-10-2017
Pages: 328
Product Dimensions: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.60d
About the Author
Aimé Césaire (1913-2008) was a Martinican poet, critic, essayist, playwright, and statesman; a founder of the Négritude movement; and one of the most influential Francophone Caribbean intellectuals of the twentieth century.
N. Gregson Davis is Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Research Professor in the Humanities at Duke University.
F. Abiola Irele (1936-2017) was Associate of the Hutchins Center at Harvard University and had previously taught at the University of Ibadan, Ohio State University, Harvard University, and Kwara State University.