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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... political motives behind much South African writing from its literariness . This point of divergence is described by Povey as the clearly observable contrasting tones and styles of writers of the different races : White writers ...
... political motives behind much South African writing from its literariness . This point of divergence is described by Povey as the clearly observable contrasting tones and styles of writers of the different races : White writers ...
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... political Solutions ' . One of the primary themes of Sonza's essay concerns its identification of a major change that evolved over forty years in Gordimer's political and feminist outlook , as indicated in My Son's Story . It is here ...
... political Solutions ' . One of the primary themes of Sonza's essay concerns its identification of a major change that evolved over forty years in Gordimer's political and feminist outlook , as indicated in My Son's Story . It is here ...
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... political systems and replacement with others ' . It is probably due to its overtly political overtones that Siad Khamis describes Swahili literature in general as standing out ' to be one of the rare examples of a bondage between ...
... political systems and replacement with others ' . It is probably due to its overtly political overtones that Siad Khamis describes Swahili literature in general as standing out ' to be one of the rare examples of a bondage between ...
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