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Autore |
Crowley D |
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Titolo |
Africa's Narrative Geographies [[electronic resource] ] : Charting the Intersections of Geocriticism and Postcolonial Studies / / by D. Crowley |
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New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2015.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (X, 192 p.) |
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Collana |
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Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Literature, Modern—20th century |
Literature |
African literature |
Fiction |
Literature—History and criticism |
Literature—Philosophy |
Twentieth-Century Literature |
Postcolonial/World Literature |
African Literature |
Literary History |
Literary Theory |
Africa In literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction. Charting a path for geocriticism -- My Black land : Senghor's construction of Africa -- Place and scale in Ngugi's universal garden -- Imagining the global village : Bessie Head's narratives of migration and boundaries -- Cosmopolitan Somalia : place and identity in Farah's Maps and Links -- Half slum, half paradise : Abani's global cities -- Conclusion. The landscape of geocritical inquiry : finding common ground for geocriticism and ecocriticism. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Building on the emerging field of geocriticism, this book explores Africa's complex, dynamic literary landscapes, proffering new methods for understanding the geographies of African literature. Using both |
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