J. Roger Kurtz

Gebundenes Buch

Trauma and Transformation in African Literature

Beschreibung

This book interrogates the relevance of trauma for African literatures, arguing that a thoughtful application of trauma theory in relation to African literatures is in fact a productive exercise.

Autor

J. Roger Kurtz is professor of English and head of the Department of English and Philosophy at Drexel University in Philadelphia PA. His research interests center on East African literatures and cultures, and he is the author Literature and Trauma (Cambridge University Press), Song of Nyarloka: The Writing of Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (Mvule Africa Publishers), and Urban Obsessions, Urban Fears: The Postcolonial Kenyan Novel (James Currey Press).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9781138205239
• ISBN-10: 1138205230
• Artikelnr.: 60014739