Journal of a Homecoming / Cahier D'un Retour Au Pays Natal by Aim Csaire

Journal of a Homecoming / Cahier D'un Retour Au Pays Natal by Aim Csaire

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Originally published in 1939, Aime Cesaire's Cahier d'un Retour au Pays Natal is a landmark of modern French poetry and a founding text of the Negritude movement. This bilingual edition features a new authoritative translation, revised introduction, and extensive commentary, making it a magisterial edition of Cesaire's surrealist masterpiece.

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Journal of a Homecoming / Cahier D'un Retour Au Pays Natal by Aim Csaire

Originally published in 1939, Aime Cesaire's Cahier d'un Retour au Pays Natal is a landmark of modern French poetry and a founding text of the Negritude movement. This bilingual edition features a new authoritative translation, revised introduction, and extensive commentary, making it a magisterial edition of Cesaire's surrealist masterpiece.
"Davis has not merely translated a great work of modernist poetry and an essential document in postcolonial history; he has created a present-day source of timely dissent" - David B. Hobbs (The Nation) "This is the best poem ever written." - Juliana Spahr (Artforum) "This edition is without a doubt destined to become a point of reference for every reader of the book as well as for those who dedicate their research to the work of AimÉ CÉsaire, and well beyond the English-speaking world." (translated from the French) - Giuseppe Sofo (Études Littéraires Africaines) "Unparalleled in mid-20th century French literature. . . ." - Tim Keane (Hyperallergic)
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.
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ISBN 13 9780822368748
ISBN 10 0822368749
Title Journal of a Homecoming / Cahier D'un Retour Au Pays Natal
Author Aim Csaire
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Duke University Press
Year published 2017-11-10
Number of pages 328
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