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Autore |
Irele Abiola |
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Titolo |
The African imagination : literature in Africa & the Black diaspora / / F. Abiola Irele |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-772299-7 |
1-280-76041-9 |
0-19-535881-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxi, 296 pages) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Soggetti |
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African literature - History and criticism |
Literature and society - Africa |
African diaspora |
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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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Previously issued in print: 2001. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-285) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1. The African Imagination; 2. Orality, Literacy, and African Literature; 3. African Letters: The Making of a Tradition; 4. Dimensions of African Discourse; 5. Study in Ambiguity: Amadou Hampaté Bâ's: The Fortunes of Wangrin; 6. Narrative, History, and the African Imagination: Ahmadou Kourouma's: Monnè, outrages et défis; 7. The Crisis of Cultural Memory in Chinua Achebe's: Things Fall Apart; 8. Return of the Native: Edward Kamau Brathwaite's Masks; 9. A National Voice: The Poetry and Plays of John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo; 10. Parables of the African Condition: The New Realism in African Fiction; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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F. Abiola Irele is an expert on the anglophone and francophone traditions in post-colonial African literature. This collection of his essays examines African literary traditions in the broad sense, and places the work of individual authors in context. |
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