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Book Description: University of Virginia Press, United States, 1992. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 216 x 139 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. Bookseller Inventory # AAN9780813912752

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Book Description: Book Condition: New. The complete poems of Leopold Sedar Senghor, possibly Africa's most famous poet, are offered in translation for the first time in this bilingual edition. The book, representing the culmination of a lifetime of work, includes "Lost Poems", a collection of Senghor's earliest work. Senghor's poetry contrasts the lushness and wonder of Africa's past with the alienation and loss associated with assimilation into European culture. Co-founder of the negritude literary movement, Senghor is concerned that ways be provided for African and European cultures to enrich each other while preserving their own cultural identities. His poetry, alive with sensual imagery, reclaims his ancestral heritage and celebrates African culture. He writes with an awareness of his readers, preparing them to receive his culture and its values. With emotional power, he draws the reader deep into his world. In his introduction, translator Melvin Dixon places Senghor's writing in a historical perspective by relating it to his political inolvement. Dixon also elaborates on the ways in which the poems chronicle Senghor's own development as an intellectual, particularly on his struggles with issues of self and cultural identity. Dixon's translation preserves the integrity of Senghor's work by retaining, in the original, words and expressions unique to Senghor's African French, expressions whose meaning would be compromised in translation. Brand NEW unread book. Hard cover bound book. Bookseller Inventory # 9780813912752

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Book Description: University of Virginia Press. Hardback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW, Leopold Sedar Senghor: The Collected Poetry, Leopold Sedar Senghor, Melvin Dixon, Melvin Dixon, The complete poems of Leopold Sedar Senghor, possibly Africa's most famous poet, are offered in translation for the first time in this bilingual edition. The book, representing the culmination of a lifetime of work, includes "Lost Poems", a collection of Senghor's earliest work. Senghor's poetry contrasts the lushness and wonder of Africa's past with the alienation and loss associated with assimilation into European culture. Co-founder of the negritude literary movement, Senghor is concerned that ways be provided for African and European cultures to enrich each other while preserving their own cultural identities. His poetry, alive with sensual imagery, reclaims his ancestral heritage and celebrates African culture. He writes with an awareness of his readers, preparing them to receive his culture and its values. With emotional power, he draws the reader deep into his world. In his introduction, translator Melvin Dixon places Senghor's writing in a historical perspective by relating it to his political inolvement. Dixon also elaborates on the ways in which the poems chronicle Senghor's own development as an intellectual, particularly on his struggles with issues of self and cultural identity. Dixon's translation preserves the integrity of Senghor's work by retaining, in the original, words and expressions unique to Senghor's African French, expressions whose meaning would be compromised in translation. Bookseller Inventory # B9780813912752

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Book Description: University of Virginia Press. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # SONGABE081391275X

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Book Description: Univ of Virginia Pr, 1991. Hardcover. Book Condition: Brand New. 704 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.75 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # __081391275X

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