Aime Cesaire

Klappentext A study of Antiguan writer Aime Cesaire! which links his political career to recurrent themes in his writing. Zusammenfassung Aimé Césaire is arguably the best-known poet in the French Caribbean. Gregson Davis examines Césaire's extraordinary dual career as writer and elected politician. Césaire, the acknowledged inventor of the famous term 'negritude', has been a hugely influential figure in shaping the contemporary discourse on the postcolonial predicament. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introduction; 1. From island to metropolis: the making of a poet; 2. Exploring racial selves: 'Journal of a homecoming'; 3. Inventing a lyric voice: the forging of 'Miracle Weapons'; 4. Lyric registers: from 'Sun Cut Throat' to 'Cadaster'; 5. The turn to poetic drama; 6. The return to lyric: 'me, laminaria ...'; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gregson Davis, Gregson (Duke University Davis
• Con la collaborazione di: Abiola Irele (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 16.10.1997
• EAN: 9780521390729
• ISBN: 978-0-521-39072-9
• Pagine: 228
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in African &
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica romanza