Criticism

Arnold, A. James. "Césaire's Negritude in Perspective." In his Modernism and Negritude: The Poetry and Poetics of Aimé Césaire, pp. 21-49. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981.

Examines the influence of the Harlem Renaissance, Marxism, and various European, Caribbean, and African writers on the development of Césaire's political and artistic concerns.

Dayan, Joan. "Playing Caliban: Césaire's Tempest." Arizona Quarterly 48, No. 2 (Winter 1992): 125-45.

Discusses issues surrounding colonialism and historical representation in Césaire's A Tempest.

Hawkins, Hunt. "Aimé Césaire's Lesson about Decolonization in La Tragédie du Roi Christophe." CLA Journal XXX, No. 2 (December 1986): 144-53.

Examines Césaire's skepticism regarding decolonization and the actions of King Christophe as portrayed in The Tragedy of King Christophe.

Pallister, Janis L. "Return." In her Aimé Césaire, pp. 1-28. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1991.

Provides extended analysis of Return to My Native Land.

Smith, Robert P. "Aimé Césaire Playwright Portrays Patrice Lumumba Man of Africa." CLA Journal XIV, No. 4 (June 1971): 371-9.

Examines Césaire's portrayal of Patrice Lumumba in A Season in the Congo.

Smith, Robert P., and Robert J. Hudson. "Evoking Caliban: Césaire's Response to Shakespeare." CLA Journal 35, No. 4 (June 1992): 387-99.

Examines the Caliban character in Césaire's adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Wolitz, Seth L. "The Hero of Negritude in the Theater of Aimé Césaire." Kentucky Romance Quarterly 16 (1969): 195-208.

Discusses the ideological rhetoric and didactic function of heroic protagonists in Césaire's dramatic works.

Interviews

Melsan, Annick Thebia. "The Liberating Power of Work." UNESCO Courier (May 1997): 4-7.

Césaire comments on the affective power of poetry and the necessity for mutual recognition among differing cultures.