Reflections & retrospectives in African literature today. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• 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.; Note: Print version record.
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