Refusal of the shadow : surrealism and the Caribbean / edited by Michael Richardson ; translated by Krzysztof Fijałkowski and Michael Richardson.

Contents 1978 Introduction to Legitime defense / Rene Menil -- Legitime defense: Declaration / Various -- Note Bearing on the Coloured French Bourgeoisie / Jules-Marcel Monnerot -- Heaven on Earth / Maurice-Sabas Quitman -- General Observations about the Coloured 'Writer' in the Caribbean / Rene Menil -- Civilization / Etienne Lero -- Poverty of a Poetry / Etienne Lero -- On Certain Common Characteristics of the Civilized Mentality / Jules-Marcel Monnerot -- For a Critical Reading of Tropiques / Rene Menil -- Panorama / Aime Cesaire -- Leo Frobenius and the Problem of Civilizations / Suzanne Cesaire -- Presentation / Aime Cesaire -- Introduction to the Marvellous / Rene Menil -- A Civilization's Discontent / Suzanne Cesaire -- An Introduction to Martiniquan Folklore / Aime Cesaire and Rene Menil -- Birth of Our Art / Rene Menil -- Orientation of Poetry / Rene Menil -- Calling the Magician: A Few Words for a Caribbean Civilization / Aime Cesaire.
Abstract Refusal of the Shadow explores the nature of the relationship between black anti-colonialist movements in the Caribbean and the most radical of the European avant-gardes, and presents a series of texts which reveal its complexity.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Refusal of the shadow. London ; New York : Verso, 1996
Issued in other formOnline version: Refusal of the shadow. London ; New York : Verso, 1996
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ISBN1859840183 (pbk.)
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ISBN1859849970 (hbk.)
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Joyner General Stacks PQ3940 .R44 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold