| Chinua Achebe: Novelist, Poet, Critic 1990 Edition Contributor(s): Carroll, D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333490800 ISBN-13: 9780333490808 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Dewey: 809 |
| Series: Novelist, Poet, Critic |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.93 lbs) 204 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a revised edition of Chinua Achebe (1980), a critical study of the most widely known African writer, which now incorporates a discussion of his most recent work, including his major new novel, Anthills of the Savannah. The study examines the context in which he writes - that complex intermingling of his own Igbo society and European colonialism - before undertaking a critical discussion of the five main novels, his poetry and short stories. Throughout, there is an underlying concern with Achebe's system of values and the pressure on them through periods of colonialism, independence, political disillusionment and civil war. The author, finally, seeks to relate Achebe's career to the role of the African writer, a subject on which the novelist has written at length. |