Dissidence, Gender, and Psychosocial Tempers in Contemporary Nigerian Poetry

This collection brings contemporary Nigerian poetry into focus, bridging the gap between celebrated masters like Wole Soyinka and Christopher Okigbo and the dynamic voices emerging in the 21st century. It features fifteen essays, offering fresh perspectives on the intersection of poetry and political dissidence, responses to terrorism, the poetics of trauma and healing, questions of national identity, and peace-building through poetic expression.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Bartholomew Chizoba Akpah
, Tubman University, Harper, Liberia;
Thomas-Michael Emeka Chukwumezie
, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.

Zusammenfassung

This collection brings contemporary Nigerian poetry into focus, bridging the gap between celebrated masters like Wole Soyinka and Christopher Okigbo and the dynamic voices emerging in the 21st century. It features fifteen essays, offering fresh perspectives on the intersection of poetry and political dissidence, responses to terrorism, the poetics of trauma and healing, questions of national identity, and peace-building through poetic expression.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Bartholomew Chizoba Akpah (Herausgeber), Thomas-Michael Emeka Chukwumezie (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheint: 13.02.2026
• EAN: 9783111678863
• ISBN: 978-3-11-167886-3
• Seiten: 250
• Gewicht: 500 g
• Serie: Perspectives on Regional and National Literatures
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Gegenwartsliteratur, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General, Kanonisierung, Contemporary Literature, post-colonial studies, Postkoloniale Studien, Canon formation, African Literary Criticism, Afrikanische Literaturkritik