false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168392018m/32649.jpg 32649 8 Aime Cesaire'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 Cesaire's quest for negritude, 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, Cesaire considered his style a "beneficial madness" that could "break into the forbidden" and reach the powerful and overlooked aspects of black culture.<br><br>Clayton Eshleman and Annette Smith achieve a laudable adaptation of Cesaire'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. Andre Breton's introduction, A Great Black Poet, situates the text and provides a moving tribute to Cesaire.<br><br>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. 1085514 1970 Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (Wesleyan Poetry) total:120|5:65|4:36|3:15|2:4|1:0| 120 522 186 12 4 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 13:37:52 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 13:41:04 -0700 2009 I would rediscover the secret of great communications and great combustions. I would say storm. I would say river. I would say tornado. I would say leaf. I would say tree. I would be drenched by all rains, moistened by all dews. I would roll like frenetic blood on the slow current of the eye ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 26 20:38:40 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 20:38:40 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 10:33:32 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 11:49:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Sep 12 12:08:08 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 12:11:24 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jan 14 14:00:31 -0800 2009 Mon May 18 07:00:03 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Mar 24 20:42:59 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 20:46:09 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Feb 18 21:45:26 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 14:02:41 -0800 2008 5 0 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Fri Jun 06 20:28:45 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 20:30:00 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Oct 15 23:16:28 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 23:17:52 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Oct 30 03:35:42 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 18 04:49:22 -0700 2008
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