Contingent Canons - African Literature and the Politics of Location

Drawing on original archival and field research, this Element offers an original and incisive account of the making of African literature.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Publishing Africa on a global scale; 2. Contemporary canons; 3. Alternative landscapes; Bibliography.

Summary

This Element is for anyone interested in the processes of canon-formation, world literatures in general and African literature in particular. It offers a fresh and exciting perspective on canon-formation and contestation that draws on original archival and field research.

Product details

• Authors: Madhu Krishnan, Madhu (University of Bristol) Krishnan, Krishnan Madhu
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781108445375
• ISBN: 978-1-108-44537-5
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements: Publishing and Book Culture; Elements: Publishing and Book; Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Literary theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literature: history and criticism, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, African literature; book history; canonisation