The Original 1939 Notebook of a Return to the Native Land: Bilingual Edition by Aimé Césaire

The Original 1939 Notebook of a Return to the Native Land: Bilingual Edition

Wesleyan Poetry

Aimé Césaire with Clayton Eshleman (Translator), A. James Arnold (Translator)

120 pages first pub 1939 (editions)

nonfiction classics poetry challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

Description

Aimé Césaire's masterpiece, Notebook of a Return to the Native Land, is a work of immense cultural significance and beauty. This long poem was the beginning of Césaire's quest for negritude, and it became an anthem of Blacks around the world. Comm...

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reflective 94%
challenging 68%
emotional 57%
dark 52%
sad 42%
inspiring 31%
hopeful 21%
tense 21%
adventurous 5%
funny 5%
informative 5%

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