Shaken wisdom irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction / Gloria Nne Onyeoziri.
| Author/creator | Onyeoziri, Gloria Nne |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, |
| Description | 178 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: African ironies -- From rhetoric to semantics -- Interpreting irony -- Pragmatics and Ahmadou Kourouma's (post)colonial state -- Chinua Achebe's Arrow of god and the pragmatics of proverbial irony -- Calixthe Beyala: new conceptions of the ironic voice -- Conclusion: when the handshake has become another thing. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011022867 |
| ISBN | 9780813931869 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780813931876 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780813932002 (e-book) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |