Aim Csaire by Gregson Davis - 9780521390729

Aim CsaireAuthor(s): Gregson Davis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521390729, 978-0521390729\nSynopsis\nAim Csaire is arguably the best-known poet in the French Caribbean. His poetry and drama have established his formidable reputation as the leading francophone poet and elder statesman of the twentieth century. In this study Gregson Davis examines the evolution of Csaire's poetic career and his involvement with many of the most seminal political and aesthetic movements of the twentieth century. Davis relates Csaire's extraordinary dual career as writer and elected politician to the recurrent themes in his writings. As one of the most profound critics of colonialism, Csaire, the acknowledged inventor of the famous term 'negritude', has been a hugely influential figure in shaping the contemporary discourse on the postcolonial predicament. Gregson Davis's account of Csaire's intellectual growth .