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Aimé Césaire (Critical Survey of Poetry)

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Poet, dramatist, and essayist Aimé Césaire is recognized not only for his poetry but also for his political and dramatic works. The first major poem he wrote, Return to My Native Land, set the tone and thematic precedence for his subsequent writings. Tropiques, a cultural magazine of which the poet was one of the principal founders, featured Césaire’s own poems, which were reprinted in the Gallimard edition of Miraculous Weapons in 1946. As well as a vehicle for literary content, the magazine was used to arouse the cultural and...

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