Beckett in Black and Red: The Translations for Nancy Cunard's Negro

Book Overview

In 1934, Nancy Cunard published Negro: An Anthology, which brought together more than two hundred contributions, serving as a plea for racial justice, an expos? of black oppression, and a hymn to black achievement and endurance. The anthology stands as a virtual ethnography of 1930s racial, historic, artistic, political, and economic culture. Samuel Beckett, a close friend of the flamboyant and unconventional Cunard, translated nineteen of the contributions for Negro, constituting Beckett's la

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813156297
• ISBN13: 9780813156293
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher