Contemporary Literary Criticism | Senghor, Léopold Sédar - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Grant, Stephen H. “Léopold Sédar Senghor, Former President of Senegal.” Africa Report 28, No. 6 （November-December 1983）: 61-4.

Senghor discusses his political career, world art and literature, and his advocacy of multicultural “crossbreeding.”

Pappageorge, Julia Di Stefano. “Senghor Re-evaluated.” In African Literature Today: A Review, No. 6, edited by Eldred Durosimi Jones, pp. 54-67. London: Heinemann, 1973.

Provides an overview of Senghor's poetry, discusses his impact on African thought and literature, and English translations of his work.

Peters, Jonathan. “Chants d'ombre: Negritude, the Ancestors, the Princes, and the Gods.” In A Dance of Masks: Senghor, Achebe, Soyinka, pp. 15-39. Washington, DC: Three Continents Press, 1978.

Provides analysis of Senghor's major themes, poetic style, and artistic development in Chants...

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