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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786906503321

Autore

Ogede Ode

Titolo

Achebe's Things fall apart / / Ode Ogede

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2007

ISBN

1-4411-7288-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (135 p.)

Collana

Reader's guides

Disciplina

823.914

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-116) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 The Contexts of Achebe's Writings; 2 Unity and Variety in Structure, Language, Style and Form; 3 Reading Things Fall Apart: The Communal World, the Embattled Zones of Conquest, and the Decline of Tradition; 4 Critical Reception, Interpretation and Afterlife (Adaptation and Influence); Notes; Guide to further reading; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Reader''s Guides provide a comprehensive starting point for any advanced student, giving an overview of the context, criticism and influence of key works. Each guide also offers students fresh critical insights and provides a practical introduction to close reading and to analysing literary language and form. They provide up-to-date, authoritative but accessible guides to the most commonly studied classic texts.   Chinua Achebe''s remarkable novel Things Fall Apart (1958) is probably the best known African novel and has become one of the world''s most influential literary masterpieces. Since