{"product_id":"aime-cesaire-inventor-of-souls-hardback-9781509549771","title":"Aimé Césaire; Inventor of Souls (Hardback) 9781509549771","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAimé Césaire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInventor of Souls\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJane Hiddleston (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509549771, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 January 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.3 x 14.7 x 2.8 cm, 0.476 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This groundbreaking volume is an erudite illumination of Césaire: from Negritude to his call for the reinvention of black culture and identity; from the eruptive challenge of his poetry as revolt to his engagement with political activism.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdlai Murdoch, Penn State University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jane Hiddleston succeeds in rendering a difficult writer eminently readable, and she moves effortlessly between her author’s better known political positions and his commitment to poetry, the theatre and the essay.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. James Arnold, University of Virginia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAimé Césaire is arguably the greatest Caribbean literary writer in history. Best known for his incendiary epic poem \u003ci\u003eNotebook of a Return to My Native Land\u003c\/i\u003e, Césaire reinvented black culture by conceiving 'négritude' as a dynamic and continuous process of self-creation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 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: as Mayor of Fort-de-France and Deputy at the French National Assembly, he called for the liberation of oppressed people at home and abroad, while celebrating black creativity and self-invention to resist a history of racism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCésaire's 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter One\u003cbr\u003e1930s Paris and the Cahier d’un retour au pays natal: ‘It is beautiful and good and legitimate to be nègre’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two\u003cbr\u003eWartime Martinique, Tropiques, and Les Armes miraculeuses: ‘Open the windows. Air. Air’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three\u003cbr\u003eDepartmentalisation, Soleil cou coupé and Corps perdu: ‘I Shall Command the Islands to Exist’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four\u003cbr\u003eThe Political Upheavals of the 1950s: ‘History I tell of the awakening of Africa’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five\u003cbr\u003eThe Theatre of Decolonisation: ‘One does not invent a tree, one plants it’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six\u003cbr\u003ePolitical and Poetic Disillusionment: ‘I inhabit a Sacred Wound’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfterword\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501424177432,"sku":"9781509549771","price":37.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509549771.jpg?v=1786237538","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/aime-cesaire-inventor-of-souls-hardback-9781509549771","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}