AIME CESAIRE: THE COLLECTED POETRY.
by Cesaire, Aime, 1931-2008; Translated by Clayton Eshleman and Annette Smith
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in very good dust jacket (one very short edgetear, other light wear and toning to the dj) Uncommon in hardcover and in/very good
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About This Item
Berkeley, CA:: University of California Press,, (1983). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (one very short edgetear, other light wear and toning to the dj) Uncommon in hardcover and in this condition. . First printing. Translated, with a substantial introduction and notes by Clayton Eshleman and Annette Smith. A bilingual edition with the original French and English translation on facing pages. Born in Martinique, Cesaire studied in Paris where he met Leopold Senghor, and "discovered Africa" and began his lifelong dedication to the idea of Negritude. This collection begins with his important first book, written in 1939 upon his return to the Caribbean -Cahier du Retour au Pays Natal -Notebook of a Return to the Native Land. xv, 408 pp.
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- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 78933
- Title
- AIME CESAIRE: THE COLLECTED POETRY.
- Author
- Cesaire, Aime, 1931-2008; Translated by Clayton Eshleman and Annette Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in very good dust jacket (one very short edgetear, other light wear and toning to the dj) Uncommon in hardcover and in
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of California Press,
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA:
- Date Published
- (1983)
- Keywords
- caribbean literature and history, literature in translation, martinique, negritude,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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