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Book by Baill, Emmanuelle, Trevisiol, Pascale

Book by Joubert, Jean-Louis

Born in 1913 in Martinique, Aim Csaire is acknowledged as one of the major poets of the twentieth century writing in French, and his celebrated long poem, Cahier dun retour au pays natal (Notebook of a return to the native land), is his best known work. In addition to containing the most forceful statement of Ngritude (a term coined by Csaire and appearing in print for the first time in this poem), Cahier is a masterpiece of modern French poetry. In his 1947 preface to the first edition, Andr Breton hailed it as the greatest lyrical monument of the age. The only truly long poem in the Surrealist tradition, Cahier belongs as much to mainstream French literature as to the evolving canon of African and Caribbean literature in French.

The poem is marked by its allusive character, its highly compressed images, and its unusual use of the French language. In preparing this edition, Abiola Irele has tried to keep the needs of the English-language student foremost in mind. The edition presents the complete text of the poem in French, with an editorial apparatus in English that includes a substantial introduction setting it in its historical and ideological context and offering a detailed analysis of its literary significance; a stanza-by-stanza commentary explicating references, allusions, and a select bibliography of related works.

radual Civilization of the Francophonie is a book for intermediate students in French. In the spirit of the collection and in four colors, this work presents, describes and explains French civilization in a convenient format and illustrated (authentic documents, photographs, maps, drawings). The rich and detailed information is classified by region

Contrastes is a French grammar program designed for intermediate and early advanced college levels. Written in French (with occasional footnotes and explanations in English), Contrastes can be used as either a basic text or a grammar reference. Explicitly written for English-speaking students, the organizing principle of Contrastes is to anticipate and address the unique set of questions and common confusions encountered by English speakers when learning French grammar.

Deux mondes is widely regarded as the most communicative text available for beginning French courses. Based on the Natural Approach developed by Tracy Terrell and Stephen Krashen, this text offers beginning language students a way to develop language proficiency (especially in listening and speaking) that allows them to participate in real conversations at a very early stage. The Natural Approach in general, and Deux mondes, Sixth Edition in particular, present material inductively (so that the activities drive the grammar), students quickly become excited about their rapid growth in comprehension and vocabulary acquisition and enjoy speaking in the non-threatening environment made possible by the activity formats.