Refusal Of The Shadow Book

	Translators' Note
	Introduction	1
	1978 Introduction to Legitime defense	37
	Legitime defense: Declaration	41
	Note Bearing on the Coloured French Bourgeoisie	44
	Heaven on Earth	47
	General Observations about the Coloured 'Writer' in the Caribbean	50
	Civilization	54
	Poverty of a Poetry	55
	On Certain Common Characteristics of the Civilized Mentality	59
	For a Critical Reading of Tropiques	69
	Panorama	79
	Leo Frobenius and the Problem of Civilizations	82
	Presentation	88
	Introduction to the Marvellous	89
	A Civilization's Discontent	96
	An Introduction to Martiniquan Folklore	101
	Birth of Our Art	105
	Orientation of Poetry	112
	Calling the Magician: A Few Words for a Caribbean Civilization	119
	1943: Surrealism and Us	123
	The Situation of Poetry in the Caribbean	127
	Poetry and Knowledge	134
	Evidence Concerning the Mind and Its Speed	147
	Lightning Effect	153
	The Great Camouflage	156
	Humour: Introduction to 1945	162
	Concerning Colonial Exoticism	176
	Creole Dialogue	185
	A Great Black Poet: Aime Cesaire	191
	The Jungle	199
	At Night in Haiti	213
	Andre Breton in Haiti	217
	Andre Breton in Port-au-Prince	229
	A Record about Surrealism	234
	Surrealism: What It Is	236
	Letter to the Old Men	237
	Extract from a Letter to Monny de Bouilly	241
	Memories of Haiti	243
	The Haitian Panorama	254
	The Loas Speaking in Govis: Sorcery and Clairvoyance in Voodoo Religion	256
	The Sacrifice of a Bull at the Home of the Houngan Jo Pierre-Gilles	263
	Biographical Notes	277
	Bibliography	281
	Index	285