Reflections & retrospectives in African literature today. (2012)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Reflections & retrospectives in African literature today. (2012)
- Main Title:
- Reflections & retrospectives in African literature today
- Other Titles:
- Reflections and retrospectives
- Further Information:
- Note: Guest editor, Chimalum Nwankwo ; editor, Ernest N. Emenyonu.
- Other Names:
- Emenyo̲nu, Ernest, 1939-
Nwankwo, Chimalum Moses, 1949- - Contents:
- Frontcover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Editorial Article; Reflections & Retrospectives; Articles; Gender Politics, Home & Nation in Zulu Sofola's King Emene: Tragedy of a Rebellion; The Militant Writer in Sembène's Early Fiction: From Le Docker noir to L'Harmattan; Psychological Violence in Bessie Head's Maru & A Question of Power; Constructing the Destructive City: Representations of Lagos in Cyprian Ekwensi's People of the City; History, Progress & Prospects in the Development of African Literature: A Tribute to Dennis Brutus. Dispelling the Myth of the 'Silent Woman': The Nigerian Igbo Woman in Flora Nwapa's Efuru (1966)Interrogating Dichotomies, Reconstructing Emancipation: Bessie Head's Vision on Gender Issues; Es'kia Mphahlele's Enduring Truth in Down Second Avenue; A Tribute to Cyprian O.D. Ekwensi (26 September 1921 -- 4 November 2007): The Writer, the Man & His Era; Reviews; Jack Mapanje. And Crocodiles are Hungry at Night; Wilson Katiyo. Tsiga; Bernth Lindfors (ed.). The Dennis Brutus Tapes: Essays at Autobiography; Jane Katjavivi. Undisciplined Heart. Sarah Ladipo Manyika. In Dependence. Anne V. Adams (ed). Essays in Honour of Ama Ata Aidoo at 70: A Reader in African Cultural StudiesChinua Achebe. There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra; Backcover.
- Publisher Details:
- Woodbridge Rochester, NY : James Currey
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (ix, 195 pages)
- Subjects:
- 801.95 809.896
African fiction (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism
African fiction (French) -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Authors, African -- 20th century
Intertextuality
Roman africain (anglais) -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique
Roman africain (français) -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique
Écrivains africains -- 20e siècle
Intertextualité
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- African
African fiction (English)
African fiction (French)
Authors, African
Intertextuality
Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781782040484
- Related ISBNs:
- 178204048X
9781847010568
1847010563 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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