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In Poetics of Relation, Glissant turns the concrete particulars of Caribbean reality into a complex, energetic vision of a world in transformation. This translation of Glissant's work preserves the resonating quality of his prose and makes the richness and ambiguities of his voice accessible to readers in English.

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The most important theoretician from the Caribbean writing today. . . . He is central not only to the burgeoning field of Caribbean studies, but also to the newly flourishing literary scene in the French West Indies." — Judith Graves Miller, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Poetics of Relation

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    A Paperback / softback by Edouard Glissant, Betsy Wing

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      Publisher The University of Michigan Press
      Published 30 September 1997
      ISBN-13 9780472066292
      978-0472066292
      ISBN-10 0472066293

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In Poetics of Relation, Glissant turns the concrete particulars of Caribbean reality into a complex, energetic vision of a world in transformation. This translation of Glissant's work preserves the resonating quality of his prose and makes the richness and ambiguities of his voice accessible to readers in English.

      Trade Review
      The most important theoretician from the Caribbean writing today. . . . He is central not only to the burgeoning field of Caribbean studies, but also to the newly flourishing literary scene in the French West Indies." — Judith Graves Miller, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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