C. L. Innes

Chinua Achebe

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 317g
• ISBN-13: 9780521428972
• ISBN-10: 0521428971
• Artikelnr.: 22369891

Inhaltsangabe

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.