Postcolonial African Writers - A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook (Hardcover, New Ed)

This reference text surveys postcolonial African literature. It begins with an introductory essay on postcolonial criticism and African writing. The volume then presents alphabetically arranged profiles of some 60 writers, including Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Buchi Emecheta, Nadine Gordimer, Bessie head, Tabar Ben Jelloun, Doris Lessing, Peter Nazareth, Gabriel Okara, Femi Osofisan and Efua Theodora Sutherland. Each entry includes a brief biography, a discussion of major works and themes that appear in the author's writings, and overview of the critical response to the author's works, and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. The volume concludes with a selected bibliography of the most important critical works in the field..

General

Imprint:	Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis Group
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 1998
First published:	1998
Editors:	Siga Fatima Jagne • Pushpa Naidu Parekh
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	558
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-57958-053-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Students / student organizations Promotions
LSN:	1-57958-053-X
Barcode:	9781579580537

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