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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Page 86
... collection of critical essays , which , according to Msiska in his introduction to the volume , ' in one way or another focus on the problem of identity and difference as articulated , mapped out and inscribed in writing , politics and ...
... collection of critical essays , which , according to Msiska in his introduction to the volume , ' in one way or another focus on the problem of identity and difference as articulated , mapped out and inscribed in writing , politics and ...
Page 112
... collection begins with Anne Collet's first lecture on postcolonial literature to Danish students at the University of Aarhus and ends with an ex - student's reflections and observations ' on postcolonial studies as a salutary learning ...
... collection begins with Anne Collet's first lecture on postcolonial literature to Danish students at the University of Aarhus and ends with an ex - student's reflections and observations ' on postcolonial studies as a salutary learning ...
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... collection of essays , White Writing : On the Culture of letters in South Africa . For Head , in this collection , ' Coetzee establishes a formulation which is to the point : " White writing is white only in so far as it is generated by ...
... collection of essays , White Writing : On the Culture of letters in South Africa . For Head , in this collection , ' Coetzee establishes a formulation which is to the point : " White writing is white only in so far as it is generated by ...
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