LEADER 02901oam 2200673 a 450 001 9910968788503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9798400680182 010 $a9786612408984 010 $a9781282408982 010 $a1282408984 010 $a9780313058219 010 $a0313058210 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400680182 035 $a(CKB)1000000000807115 035 $a(EBL)491998 035 $a(OCoLC)61253218 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000339885 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11293898 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000339885 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10364906 035 $a(PQKB)11199697 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL491998 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10347199 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL240898 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC491998 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400680182BC 035 $a(Perlego)4168534 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000807115 100 $a20240214e20042024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiterature of Africa /$fDouglas Killam 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cGreenwood Press,$d2004. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing (UK),$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 225 1 $aLiterature as windows to world cultures,$x1543-9968 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780313319013 311 08$a0313319014 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [193]) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aAs more works of African Literature are being incorporated into the Language Arts and Cultural Studies curriculum, it becomes increasingly important to offer students and educators a meaningful context in which to explore these works. As part of Greenwood's Literature as Windows to World Culture series, this volume introduces readers to the cultural concerns of 10 of Africa's most reknowned writers. Written in clear accessible language, close analysis is given for 14 novels, including Achebe's Things Fall Apart, and Paton's Cry the Beloved Country, chosen because of their literary importance a 410 0$aLiterature as windows to world cultures. 606 $aAfrican literature$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aAfrican literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a809/.896 700 $aKillam$b G. D$01636015 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968788503321 996 $aLiterature of Africa$94338305 997 $aUNINA