1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990005871540203316

Titolo

Mahaparinirvana-sutra, ovvero Il libro della totale estinzione del Buddha nella redazione cinese di Pe-fa-tsu / [a cura di] Carlo Puini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanciano : Carabba, 1928

Descrizione fisica

140 p. ; 20 cm

Collana

Cultura dell'anima ; 21

Disciplina

294.392

Collocazione

XV.2.A. 202 103

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455249803321

Autore

Killam G. D

Titolo

Literature of Africa [[electronic resource] /] / Douglas Killam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2004

ISBN

1-282-40898-4

9786612408984

0-313-05821-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Literature as windows to world cultures, , 1543-9968

Disciplina

809/.896

Soggetti

African literature - History and criticism

Electronic books.

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 (p. [193]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Africa and Europe; PART I: A SELECTED HISTORY OF WEST AFRICAN LITERATURE; PART II: A SELECTED HISTORY OF EAST AFRICAN LITERATURE; PART III: A SELECTED HISTORY OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICAN LITERATURE; PART IV: A SELECTED



HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICAN LITERATURE AND POLITICS; Biographies; Further Readings; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As more works of African Literature are being incorporated into the Language Arts and Cultural Studies curriculum, it becomes increasingly important to offer students and educators a meaningful context in which to explore these works. As part of Greenwood's Literature as Windows to World Culture series, this volume introduces readers to the cultural concerns of 10 of Africa's most reknowned writers. Written in clear accessible language, close analysis is given for 14 novels, including Achebe's Things Fall Apart, and Paton's Cry the Beloved Country, chosen because of their literary importance a