Beckett in black and red : the translations for Nancy Cunard's Negro (1934) /

Beckett in black and red : the translations for Nancy Cunard's Negro (1934) /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2000.
Description:	xl, 207 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English French
Series:	Irish literature, history, and culture
Subject:	Blacks. Arts, Black. African American arts. African American arts. Arts, Black. Blacks. Civilization. Africa -- Civilization. Africa.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4296216

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Other uniform titles:	Negro.
Other authors / contributors:	Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 Friedman, Alan Warren.
ISBN:	0813121299 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Contains Samuel Beckett's English translations of nineteen French essays and poems originally published in Negro : an anthology compiled by Nancy Cunard in 1934. Includes bibliographical references and index. English and French.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Foreword to Negro (1933): Nancy Cunard
Translations
"The Best Negro Jazz Orchestras,"
"Armstrong,"
"Hot Jazz,"
"Summary of the History of Hayti,"
"A Note on Haytian Culture,"
"The King of Gonaives,"
"The Child in Guadeloupe,"
"Black and White in Brazil,"
"Sambo without Tears,"
"Murderous Humanitarianism,"
"Races and Nations,"
"The Negress in the Brothel,"
"A Short Historical Survey of Madagascar,"
"The Ancient Bronzes of Black Africa,"
"Essay on Styles in the Statuary of the Congo,"
"Magic and Initiation among the Peoples of Ubanghi-Shari,"
"'Primitive' Life and Mentality,"
"A Negro Empire: Belgium,"
"French Imperialism at Work in Madagascar,"
Appendix 1. Negro: An Anthology (1934): Contents
Appendix 2. Contributors to Negro Whose Work Beckett Translated
Appendix 3. Extant French Originals of the Beckett Translations:
(a). "La Negresse des Bordels"
(b). "La magie et l'initiation chez les peuples de l'Oubanghi-Shari"
(c). "Essai sur les styles dans la statuaire du Congo"
(d). "Armstrong,"
(e). "Noirs sur blancs. Introduction. (Fragment)"
(f). "Races et Nations"
(g). "Le Negre a l'Usage des Enfants"
Index