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 91
... focuses on Ojaide's prize - winning collection Labyrinths of the Delta and employs it as ' a good rod for measuring not only Ojaide's poetic skills but also the general state of the art of his contemporaries ' . Focusing on Cheney ...
... focuses on Ojaide's prize - winning collection Labyrinths of the Delta and employs it as ' a good rod for measuring not only Ojaide's poetic skills but also the general state of the art of his contemporaries ' . Focusing on Cheney ...
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... focus of both novels , in comparing Rooke with another writer who began life in colonial circumstances and went on to achieve ... focuses primarily on A Question of Power and Maru , describing them as two novels in which Head explicitly ...
... focus of both novels , in comparing Rooke with another writer who began life in colonial circumstances and went on to achieve ... focuses primarily on A Question of Power and Maru , describing them as two novels in which Head explicitly ...
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... focuses on ' . Part 2 , or ' The Roar of the Lion ' , focuses on the various ways the oppressed black majority has chosen to voice its feelings ; while part 3 , or ' Listening to the Lion ' is focused , in three chapters , on the themes ...
... focuses on ' . Part 2 , or ' The Roar of the Lion ' , focuses on the various ways the oppressed black majority has chosen to voice its feelings ; while part 3 , or ' Listening to the Lion ' is focused , in three chapters , on the themes ...
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