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The Collected Poetry
Aimé Césaire
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Description for The Collected Poetry
Paperback. Contains an introduction, notes, the French original, and a translation of Cesaire's poetry - the complex and challenging later works as well as the famous Notebook. Translator(s): Eshleman, Clayton; Smith, Annette J. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 175 x 26. Weight in Grams: 754.
This edition, containing an extensive introduction, notes, the French original, and a new translation of Cesaire's poetry - the complex and challenging later works as well as the famous Notebook - will remain the definitive Cesaire in English.
This edition, containing an extensive introduction, notes, the French original, and a new translation of Cesaire's poetry - the complex and challenging later works as well as the famous Notebook - will remain the definitive Cesaire in English.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520053205
SKU
V9780520053205
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Ref
99-1
About Aimé Césaire
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Collected Poetry
"Aime Cesaire has found his voice in English. Thanks to the meticulous translations by Clayton Eshleman and Annette Smith in their very handsome bilingual edition, readers can now judge for themselves the talents of one of the most powerful French poets of this century, who has been neglected for too long."
New York Times
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