| Alt 12 New Writing, New Approaches: African Literature Today: A Review Contributor(s): Jones, Eldred (Editor), Palmer, Eustace (Editor), Jones, Eldred (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1847011233 ISBN-13: 9781847011237 Publisher: James Currey OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1982 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | African - Literary Collections | African - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 809.896 |
| Series: African Literature Today (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.65 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In his Editorial to African Literature Today 12, first published in 1982, Eldred Jones laments the death of Camara Laye and gives tribute to him as one of the pioneers of African literature. The volume celebrates new writers whose works "have not received much critical attention either because they are relatively new, or because not being what might be described as mainstream they may unintentionally, perhaps, have been damned with faint praise or neglect." There are contributions on the works of Gabriel Okara, Robert Serumaga, Hamidou Kane and John Munonye, and emerging as significant new voices are playwrights Femi Osofisan and Ola Rotimi, and feminist writer Mariama Bā |