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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... poetry , Aderemi Bamikunle's essay buttresses majority of Brown's critical findings and his affirmation of the poetic authenticity of Osundare's work . Concerned with vivid exposition of the various forms of social malaise , Osundare's ...
... poetry , Aderemi Bamikunle's essay buttresses majority of Brown's critical findings and his affirmation of the poetic authenticity of Osundare's work . Concerned with vivid exposition of the various forms of social malaise , Osundare's ...
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... poetry in particular , describes as the privatist , personalist terms of their predecessors ' with the aim of ... Poetry : Osundare's Waiting Laughters and Anyidoho's Earthchild ( RAL 27.ii , 70-82 ) identifies much of the strength and ...
... poetry in particular , describes as the privatist , personalist terms of their predecessors ' with the aim of ... Poetry : Osundare's Waiting Laughters and Anyidoho's Earthchild ( RAL 27.ii , 70-82 ) identifies much of the strength and ...
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... poetry of the period evinces complements , in Okunoye's view , ' the elitist orientation of their { poets ' } art ' . For example , in her 1961 essay entitled ' On Being a West African Writer ' , Mabel Aig - Imoukhude ( later Segun ) ...
... poetry of the period evinces complements , in Okunoye's view , ' the elitist orientation of their { poets ' } art ' . For example , in her 1961 essay entitled ' On Being a West African Writer ' , Mabel Aig - Imoukhude ( later Segun ) ...
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