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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... never spoke Setswana and lived most of her life in social and cultural isolation in Botswana , Maru's character , cultivated as it is in traditional values and Western romantic ideas , according to Rasebotsa , becomes merely a fusion of ...
... never spoke Setswana and lived most of her life in social and cultural isolation in Botswana , Maru's character , cultivated as it is in traditional values and Western romantic ideas , according to Rasebotsa , becomes merely a fusion of ...
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... never belonged to the academic circle , and although constantly ignored by those Pugliese described as ' the accredited Kenyan literary critics ' , Gakaara's writing has been steadily supported by his Gikuyu readership . Epitomizing ...
... never belonged to the academic circle , and although constantly ignored by those Pugliese described as ' the accredited Kenyan literary critics ' , Gakaara's writing has been steadily supported by his Gikuyu readership . Epitomizing ...
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... never ceased in the last fifty years . Besides the uniqueness of Wanjau's writing as an example of highly independent literary production , from the very beginning of his career as a writer , ' he has published his own books and , since ...
... never ceased in the last fifty years . Besides the uniqueness of Wanjau's writing as an example of highly independent literary production , from the very beginning of his career as a writer , ' he has published his own books and , since ...
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