We shall speak. We shall sing. We shall shout.' This blazing autobiographical poem by the founder of the négritude movement became a rallying cry for decolonisation when it appeared in 1939. Following one man's return from Europe to his homeland of Martinique, it is a reckoning with the trauma of slavery and exploitation, and a triumphant anthem for Black identity, one which reclaims and remakes language itself.'Nothing less than the greatest lyrical monument of this time' André Breton'A Césaire poem explodes and whirls about itself like a rocket, suns burst forth whirling and exploding' Jean-Paul Sartre'The most influential Francophone Caribbean writer of his generation' Independent
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ISBN | 9780241535394 |
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Sprache | eng |
Cover | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), Memoirs, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Martinique, Poetry by individual poets, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, john berger, king in black, edward said, the lost king, Decolonisation and postcolonial studies, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Kartonierter Einband (Kt) |
Verlag | Penguin Books |
Jahr | 20240502 |
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