Full Description
Originally published in 1939, AimÉ CÉsaire's Cahier d'un retour au pays natal is a landmark of modern French poetry and a founding text of the NÉgritude movement. This bilingual edition features a new authoritative translation, revised introduction, and extensive commentary, making it a magisterial edition of CÉsaire's surrealist masterpiece.
Contents
Editor's Preface / F. Abiola Irele ix
Translator's Preface / N. Gregson Davis xi
Introduction 1
Journal of a Homecoming / Cahier d'un retour au pays natal 75
Commentary and Notes 151
Bibliography 295



