The concept of negritude in the poetry of Léopold Sédar Senghor /

Negritude has been defined by Léopold Sédar Senghor as "the sum of the cultural values of the black world as they are expressed in the life, the institutions, and the works of black men." Sylvia Washington Bâ analyzes Senghor's poetry to show how the concept of negritude infuses it...

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Huvudupphovsman: Bâ, Sylvia Washington, 1937- (Författare, medförfattare)
Materialtyp: Licensed eBooks
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1973.
Serie:Princeton legacy library.
Länkar:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=946609
Innehållsförteckning:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Préface
  • Table of Contents
  • Chapter I. From the Sine to the Seine
  • Chapter II. The Experience of Negritude: Exile and the Kingdom
  • Chapter III. The Basis of Negritude: Black African Ontology
  • Chapter IV. The Expression of Negritude: Black African PsychophysioIogy
  • Chapter V. The Fundamental Traits of Negritude: Rhythm and Imagery
  • Chapter VI. The Future of Negritude: The "Civilization of the Universal"
  • Translations of Selected Poems
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Backmatter