Cahier d'un retour au pays natal

Supported by an extensive introduction placing Cahier d'un retour au pays natal in its historical and literary context, and a stanza-by-stanza commentary explaining the references, allusions, and minutia of the unusual use of the French language, this book offers a new look at Cesaire's most celebrated long poem. The poem itself is presented in French and is nowhere fully translated, but all of the explanatory and introductory notes by Irele (African, French and comparative literature, Ohio State U.) are in English. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR