Aimé Césaire / Gregson Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Gregson, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in African and Caribbean literature ; 5.

Cambridge studies in African and Caribbean literature ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Césaire, Aimé--Criticism and interpretation.

Césaire, Aimé.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 208 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Aimé Césaire is arguably the best-known poet in the French Caribbean. His poetry and drama have established his formidable reputation as the leading francophone poet and elder statesman of the twentieth century. In this study Gregson Davis examines the evolution of Césaire's poetic career and his involvement with many of the most seminal political and aesthetic movements of the twentieth century. Davis relates Césaire's extraordinary dual career as writer and elected politician to the recurrent themes in his writings. As one of the most profound critics of colonialism, Césaire, the acknowledged inventor of the famous term 'negritude', has been a hugely influential figure in shaping the contemporary discourse on the postcolonial predicament. Gregson Davis's account of Césaire's intellectual growth is grounded in a careful reading of the poetry, prose and drama that illustrates the full range and depth of his literary achievement.

Contents:

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 ..."

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781139085281

113908528X

9780511549243

0511549245

Publisher Number:

2027/heb07586 hdl