Emmanuel N. Obiechina, Emmanuel Obiechina

An African Popular Literature

A Study of Onitsha Market Pamphlets

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Produktbeschreibung

This 1973 text was the first detailed study of that phenomenon of the African literary scene, Onitsha market literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 369g
• ISBN-13: 9780521097444
• ISBN-10: 0521097444
• Artikelnr.: 26666038

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Chinua Achebe
1. Introduction
2. Literature for the masses
3. Passport to the happy life
4. Romantic love: its sources for West Africa
5. Daughters and fathers
5. The love of love
7. The reign of Shakespeare: style
8. The newspaper and the cinema
9. Religion and morals
10. Conclusion
Appendix
A bibliography of the pamphlet literature
Index.