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 73
... effect of decades of colonialism and racial strife is the suppression of a rich literary tradition which the history of the region and its diverse cultural heritage could have given birth to long before now , and with eminent ...
... effect of decades of colonialism and racial strife is the suppression of a rich literary tradition which the history of the region and its diverse cultural heritage could have given birth to long before now , and with eminent ...
Page 155
... effect , and even , to some considerable degree , of its testimonial capacity ' . Walder focuses on the intricate ... effects of ' questions of magnitude and the axes of history , narrative and myth ' . Maingard proposes that although ...
... effect , and even , to some considerable degree , of its testimonial capacity ' . Walder focuses on the intricate ... effects of ' questions of magnitude and the axes of history , narrative and myth ' . Maingard proposes that although ...
Page 189
... effect that the only time he enjoyed Joyce Cary's Mister Johnson was the moment when Johnson was shot ! This horrified our English teacher . But you can see that we were beginning to struggle out of the position into which we had been ...
... effect that the only time he enjoyed Joyce Cary's Mister Johnson was the moment when Johnson was shot ! This horrified our English teacher . But you can see that we were beginning to struggle out of the position into which we had been ...
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