The Collected Poetry (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature translated from the French) [Paperback]

Leopold Sedar Senghor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 22, 1998 | Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature translated from the French

Leopold Sedar Senghor was not only president of the Republic of Senegal from 1960 to 1981, he is also Africa's most famous poet. A cofounder of the Negritude cultural movement, he is recognized as one of the most significant figures in African literature. This bilingual edition of Senghor's complete poems made his work available for the first time to English-speaking audiences. His poetry, alive with sensual imagery, contrasts the lushness and wonder of Africa's past with the alienation and loss associated with assimilation into European culture. Translator Melvin Dixon places Senghor's writing in historical persepctive by relating it to both his political involvement and his intellectual development.

Editorial Reviews

Review

With the publication of Melvin Dixon's new translation of Senghor's poetry, CARAF Books provides an invaluable service to students, teachers, and scholars.

I am particularly grateful (as we should all be) to Melvin Dixon... [for] his graceful translation of Senghor's complete works.

(K. Anthony Appiah Washington Post Book World )

[Dixon] preserves Senghor's lyricism and re-creates the textual sensuality of the original language.

(Choice )

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 639 pages
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press (August 22, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813918324
• ISBN-13: 978-0813918327
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #356,964 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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