The Cambridge companion to the African novel / edited by F. Abiola Irele.

Other author Irele, Abiola.
Other author Cambridge University Press.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,
Descriptionxxii, 282 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
African fiction--History and criticism.

Portion of title African novel
Contents Introduction: perspectives on the African novel / F. Abiola Irele -- The oral-literate interface / Olakunle George -- Chinua Achebe and the African novel / Dan Izevbaye -- Protest and resistance / Barbara Harlow -- The Afrikaans novel / Christopher Warnes -- The African novel in Arabic / Shaden M. Tageldin -- The francophone novel in North Africa / Bernard Aresu -- The francophone novel in sub-Saharan Africa / Lydie Moudileno -- The African historical novel / M. Keith Booker -- Magical realism and the African novel / Ato Quayson -- The African novel and the feminine condition / Nana Wilson-Tagoe -- Autobiography and Bildungsroman in African literature / Apollo Amoko -- The postcolonial condition / Phyllis Taoua -- New voices, emerging themes / Dominic Thomas -- The critical reception of the African novel / Harry Garuba.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 263-271) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009464989
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ISBN0521855608
ISBN9780521671682 (pbk.)
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