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AIME CESAIRE

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Gregson Davis

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0521055423

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

21 January, 2008

Series:

Cambridge Studies in African & Caribbean Literature No. 5

Pages:

228

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A study of Antiguan writer Aime Cesaire, which links his political career to recurrent themes in his writing.

Synopsis:

Aime Cesaire 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 Cesaire's poetic career and his involvement with many of the most seminal political and aesthetic movements of the twentieth century. Davis relates Cesaire'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, Cesaire, 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 Cesaire'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.

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