Chinua Achebe

di Catherine Lynnette Innes (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 1992

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. Dr Innes studies his writings, lectures and activities chronologically, in the context of Nigerian culture and politics and their interaction with Western cultures and powers. Her analysis goes beyond that of previously published studies, to examine Achebe's short stories, essays and poetry, and his most recent publications, Anthills of the Savannah (1987) and Hopes and Impediments (1988). Particular emphasis is placed on Achebe's departure from European literary models to create a new kind of fiction which seeks to challenge the preconceptions of African and Western audiences alike, and which is of considerable literary and political significance. This study will be invaluable to readers of Achebe and to students and teachers of African literature and politics, and modern fiction.

• Autore: Catherine Lynnette Innes
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Studies in African and Caribbean Literature
• Anno: 1992
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 220 p.
• Dimensioni: 219 x 144 mm
• Peso: 300 gr.
• EAN: 9780521428972

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