{"product_id":"the-original-1939-notebook-of-a-return-to-the-native-land-bilingual-edition-paperback","title":"The Original 1939 Notebook of a Return to the Native Land: Bilingual Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAimé Césaire\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eA. James Arnold\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eClayton Eshleman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first bilingual edition of this radically original work\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAimé Césaire's masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eNotebook of a Return to the Native Land\u003c\/i\u003e, is a work of immense cultural significance and beauty. This long poem was the beginning of Césaire's quest for négritude, and it became an anthem of Blacks around the world. Commentary on Césaire's work has often focused on its Cold War and anticolonialist rhetoric--material that Césaire only added in 1956. The original 1939 version of the poem, given here in French, and in its first English translation, reveals a work that is both spiritual and cultural in structure, tone, and thrust. This Wesleyan edition includes the original illustrations by Wifredo Lam, and an introduction, notes, and chronology by A. James Arnold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAIMÉ CÉSAIRE (1913--2008) was best known as the co-creator of the concept of négritude. CLAYTON ESHLEMAN (1935--2021) was the foremost American translator of Aimé Césaire. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Grindstone of Rapport \/ A Clayton Eshleman Reader\u003c\/i\u003e and translator of\u003ci\u003e The Complete Poetry of César Vallejo\u003c\/i\u003e. A. JAMES ARNOLD (Staunton VA) is an emeritus professor of French at the University of Virginia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eModernism and Negritude: The Poetry and Poetics of Aimé Césaire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47380709441714,"sku":"9780819500663","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/3730e31af5978c0639a604c9badd2080.webp?v=1777791083","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-original-1939-notebook-of-a-return-to-the-native-land-bilingual-edition-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}