Beckett in black and red : the translations for Nancy Cunard's Negro (1934) / edited by Alan Warren Friedman
2000, 1st edition. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #337382
ISBN: 0813121299
Physical description: xl, 207 pages: illustrations; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Translations / Samuel Beckett -- "The Best Negro Jazz Orchestras," / Robert Goffin -- "Armstrong," / Ernst Moerman -- "Hot Jazz," / Robert Goffin -- "Summary of the History of Hayti," / Jenner Bastien -- "A Note on Haytian Culture," / Ludovic Morin Lacombe -- "The King of Gonaives," / Jacques Boulenger -- "The Child in Guadeloupe," / E. Flavia-Leopold -- "Black and White in Brazil," / Benjamin Peret -- "Sambo without Tears," / Georges Sadoul -- "Murderous Humanitarianism," -- "Races and Nations," / Leon Pierre-Quint -- "The Negress in the Brothel," / Rene Crevel -- "A Short Historical Survey of Madagascar," / J.J. Rabearivelo -- "The Ancient Bronzes of Black Africa," / Charles Ratton -- "Essay on Styles in the Statuary of the Congo," / Henri Lavachery -- "Magic and Initiation among the Peoples of Ubanghi-Shari," / B.P. Feuilloley -- "'Primitive' Life and Mentality," / Raymond Michelet -- "A Negro Empire: Belgium," / E. Stiers -- "French Imperialism at Work in Madagascar," / Georges Citerne, Francis Jourdain -- Negro: An Anthology (1934): Contents -- Contributors to Negro Whose Work Beckett Translated -- Extant French Originals of the Beckett Translations: -- "La Negresse des Bordels" / Rene Crevel -- "La magie et l'initiation chez les peuples de l'Oubanghi-Shari" / B[ernard] P. Feuilloley -- "Essai sur les styles dans la statuaire du Congo" / Henri Lavachery -- "Armstrong," / Ernst Moerman -- "Noirs sur blancs. Introduction. (Fragment)" / Benjamin Peret -- "Races et Nations" / Leon Pierre-Quint.
Subjects: Beckett, Samuel 1906-1989. Cunard, Nancy 1896-1965. Beckett, Samuel. Cunard, Nancy. African American arts. Afro-American arts. Genre: Bibliography.
Illustrated.
Price: €45.00