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Aimé Césaire is arguably the greatest Caribbean literary writer in history. Best known for his incendiary epic poem Notebook of a Return to my Native Land, Césaire reinvented black culture by conceiving 'négritude' as a dynamic and continuous process of self-creation.
In this essential new account of his life and work, Jane Hiddleston introduces readers to Césaire's unique poetic voice and to his role as a figurehead for intellectuals pursuing freedom and equality for black people. Césaire was deeply immersed in the political life of his native Martinique for over fifty years, calling for the liberation and emancipation of oppressed people at home and abroad, while celebrating black creativity and self-invention to resist a history of racism. As Mayor of Fort-de-France and Deputy at the French National Assembly, he established Martinique as a department of France, only to spend the rest of his life campaigning for equality and 'autonomy' when the French government reneged on the promises of departmentalisation.
Across all his work, Césaire's formidable command of language allowed him to combine the poetic and the political. His extraordinary life reminds us that the much-needed revolt against oppression and subjugation can--and should--come from within the establishment, as well as without.
In this essential new account of his life and work, Jane Hiddleston introduces readers to Césaire's unique poetic voice and to his role as a figurehead for intellectuals pursuing freedom and equality for black people. Césaire was deeply immersed in the political life of his native Martinique for over fifty years, calling for the liberation and emancipation of oppressed people at home and abroad, while celebrating black creativity and self-invention to resist a history of racism. As Mayor of Fort-de-France and Deputy at the French National Assembly, he established Martinique as a department of France, only to spend the rest of his life campaigning for equality and 'autonomy' when the French government reneged on the promises of departmentalisation.
Across all his work, Césaire's formidable command of language allowed him to combine the poetic and the political. His extraordinary life reminds us that the much-needed revolt against oppression and subjugation can--and should--come from within the establishment, as well as without.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
艾美·塞扎爾（Aimé Césaire）無疑是歷史上最偉大的加勒比文學作家。他以其激烈的史詩詩作《回到我的故鄉的筆記》（Notebook of a Return to my Native Land）而聞名，塞扎爾通過將「黑人文化」（négritude）視為一個動態且持續的自我創造過程，重新定義了黑色文化。
在這本關於他生活和工作的必讀新書中，簡·希德爾斯頓（Jane Hiddleston）向讀者介紹了塞扎爾獨特的詩意聲音，以及他作為追求黑人自由和平等的知識分子代表的角色。塞扎爾在他的故鄉馬提尼克的政治生活中深耕超過五十年，呼籲解放和釋放被壓迫的人們，無論是在國內還是國外，同時慶祝黑人的創造力和自我發明，以抵抗歷史上的種族主義。作為法蘭西堡市市長和法國國民議會的副議員，他將馬提尼克確立為法國的一個省，卻在法國政府食言於省級化的承諾後，花費餘生為平等和「自治」而奮鬥。
在他所有的作品中，塞扎爾對語言的卓越掌控使他能夠將詩意與政治結合在一起。他非凡的生活提醒我們，對壓迫和奴役的迫切反抗可以——而且應該——來自體制內部，也可以來自外部。
作者簡介
Jane Hiddleston is Professor of Literatures in French at the University of Oxford.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Jane Hiddleston 是牛津大學法文文學教授。
