Black African Literature in English, 1991-2001: Critical Appreciation and ReceptionThe English Association, based at the University of Leicester in the UK, aims to further knowledge and enjoyment of the English language and literature, and to foster good practice in its teaching and learning at all levels. They produce an annual review, The Year's Work in English, published by Oxford University Press, a narrative bibliographical review of scholarly work on the English language and literatures, including on new literatures in English. This book brings together eleven contributions contemporary black African literature in English, 1991-2001. Some 120 books and over 300 scholarly and bibliographical essays from journals and periodicals are reviewed. |
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... Wole Soyinka continues to attract attention from critics . A lengthy ' Conversation ( s ) with Wole ' ( in Commonwealth 16.1-42 ) finds the Nobel laureate engaged in an unusual exercise , allowing himself to be interrogated widely on ...
... Wole Soyinka continues to attract attention from critics . A lengthy ' Conversation ( s ) with Wole ' ( in Commonwealth 16.1-42 ) finds the Nobel laureate engaged in an unusual exercise , allowing himself to be interrogated widely on ...
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... Wole Soyinka concentrate on two areas where Soyinka could be said , in critical terms , to be inherently problematic ( language ) or grossly underestimated ( poetry ) ; while Wole Soyinka : An Appraisal edited by Adewale Maja - Pearce ...
... Wole Soyinka concentrate on two areas where Soyinka could be said , in critical terms , to be inherently problematic ( language ) or grossly underestimated ( poetry ) ; while Wole Soyinka : An Appraisal edited by Adewale Maja - Pearce ...
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... Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman ' ( Matatu 20 { 1999 } 209-228 ) , Christine Fioupou's Variations on Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman " ( Matatu 20 { 1999 } 229-240 ) , and James Gibbs's ' Soyinka and a Tattered ...
... Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman ' ( Matatu 20 { 1999 } 209-228 ) , Christine Fioupou's Variations on Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman " ( Matatu 20 { 1999 } 229-240 ) , and James Gibbs's ' Soyinka and a Tattered ...
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