Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (Wesleyan Poetry

Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (Wesleyan Poetry Series)

AimÃ© CÃ©saire's masterpiece, Notebook of a Return to the Native Land, is a work of immense cultural significance and beauty. The long poem was the beginning of CÃ©saire's quest for nÃ©gritude, and it became an anthem of Blacks around the world. With its emphasis on unusual juxtapositions of object and metaphor, manipulation of language into puns and neologisms, and rhythm, CÃ©saire considered his style a "beneficial madness" that could "break into the forbidden" and reach the powerful and overlooked aspects of black culture.

Clayton Eshleman and Annette Smith achieve a laudable adaptation of CÃ©saire's work to English by clarifying double meanings, stretching syntax, and finding equivalent English puns, all while remaining remarkably true to the French text. Their treatment of the poetry is marked with imagination, vigor, and accuracy that will clarify difficulties for those already familiar with French, and make the work accessible to those who are not. AndrÃ© Breton's introduction, A Great Black Poet, situates the text and provides a moving tribute to CÃ©saire.

Notebook of a Return to the Native Land is recommended for readers in comparative literature, post-colonial literature, African American studies, poetry, modernism, and French.
Country USA
Brand Wesleyan University Press
Manufacturer Wesleyan University Press
Binding Paperback
Color Cream
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780819564528
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Wesleyan University Press
Manufacturer	Wesleyan University Press
Binding	Paperback
Color	Cream
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780819564528
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (Wesleyan Poetry Series)

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