Chinua Achebe

Klappentext Africa's best known and most widely read author is introduced to readers in this detailed and up-to-date study of his writings. Dr Innes examines chronologically Chinua Achebe's novels (including the classics Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God)! his short stories! essays! poetry! lectures and activities! in the context of Nigerian cultures and politics! and their interaction with Western cultures and powers. Zusammenfassung This book provides a detailed examination of the writings of Chinua Achebe! Africa's best-known and most widely-read author! shortlisted for the 1987 Booker Prize. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; 1. Origins; 2. 'A less superficial picture': things fall apart; 3. 'The best lack all conviction': no longer at ease; 4. Religion and power in Africa: arrow of god; 5. Courting the voters: a man of the people; 6. The novelist as critic: politics and criticism, 1960-1988; 7. Marginal lives: Girls at war and other stories; 8. Poetry and war: beware soul brother and other poems; 9. The critic as novelist: anthills of the Savannah; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: C. L. Innes, Catherine Lynette Innes, Catherine Lynnette Innes, Catherine Lynnette (University of Kent Innes
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.03.1992
• EAN: 9780521428972
• ISBN: 978-0-521-42897-2
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Cambridge Studies in African &; Cambridge Studies in African and Caribbean Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures