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ALT 15 Women in African Literature Today
Av Eustace Palmer, Marjorie Jones m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
382 kr
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Is the woman writer free to follow her own creative impulse and write about what she pleases?Reflects the emergence of accomplished works by African women writers. North America: Africa World Press
ALT 1-4: African Literature Today
A Journal of Explanatory Criticism
Av Eldred Jones
Häftad, 1968
412 kr
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The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism.The intention of the African Literature Today series [ALT] was, and still is, to encourage African writing in …
ALT 9 Africa, America & the Caribbean: African Literature Today
A review
Av Eldred Durosimi Jones, Eldred Jones
Häftad, 1978
382 kr
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The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism.This volume, first published in 1978, looks at the fascinating literary links of the African diaspora in …
ALT 10 Retrospect & Prospect: African Literature Today
Tenth anniversary issue
Av Eldred Jones
Häftad, 1979
412 kr
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The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism.In this 10th anniversary volume, first published in 1979, Eldred Jones outlines the trend over the years …
ALT 13 Recent Trends in the Novel: African Literature Today
A review
Häftad, 1983
382 kr
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The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism.First published in 1983, this volume looks at new developments in the African novel and also at those aspects …
ALT 14 Insiders & Outsiders: African Literature Today
Av Eldred Jones, Marjorie Jones
Häftad, 1984
382 kr
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The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism.This volume, first published in 1984, studies the attraction of Africa for non-African writers and the …
ALT 17 The Question of Language in African Literature Today
Av Eustace Palmer, Marjorie Jones m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
382 kr
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North America: Africa World Press
ALT 18 Orature in African Literature Today
Av Eustace Palmer, Marjorie Jones m. fl.
Häftad, 1992
382 kr
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North America: Africa World Press
ALT 19 Critical Theory and African Literature Today
Av Eustace Palmer, Marjorie Jones m. fl.
Häftad, 1994
382 kr
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North America: Africa World Press
ALT 20 New Trends and Generations in African Literature
Av Marjorie Jones, Eldred Jones
Häftad, 2005
382 kr
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This work features articles which examine the works of new African writers who have appeared (or who have developed significantly) in the last two decades in all of the genres.<This work features articles which examine the works of new African writers who have appeared (or who have developed …
ALT 21 Childhood in African Literature
Av Marjorie Jones, Eldred Jones
Häftad, 1998
382 kr
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The experience of childhood as examined in the works of African writers.This volume examines linguistic, literary, gender and generation issues in both autobiographies and fictional treatments of childhood in the works of Camara Laye, Wole Soyinka, Mongo Beti, Chinua Achebe, Ben Okri, Zaynab …
ALT 22 Exile and African Literature
Av Marjorie Jones, Eldred Jones
Häftad, 2000
382 kr
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This volume explores the recurring theme of exile in African literature, both as physical and mental alienation. It focuses on the writings of Dambudzo Marechera, Bessie Head, Dennis Brutus, Ayi Kwei Armah, John Munonye, CatherineAcholonu and Buchi Emecheta.This volume explores the recurring theme …
ALT 24 New Women's Writing in African Literature
Häftad, 2004
382 kr
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The rapid upsurge of writing by African women has been one of the most dynamic, phenomenal trends of African literature at the end of the twentieth century.African women writers have come a long way since the 1960s when they were hardly acknowledged or noticed as serious writers. In the past four …
ALT 25 New Directions in African Literature
Häftad, 2006
382 kr
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Critics take stock of where African Literature has got to and where it is likely to go with the next generation of writers.Contributors to this volume ask what are the new directions of African literature? What should be the major concerns of writers, critics and teachers in the twenty-first …
ALT 26 War in African Literature Today
Häftad, 2008
345 kr
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How have African writers addressed the issue of war and its impact across the continent?Since the second half of the twentieth century, no single phenomenon has marred the image and development of Africa more than senseless fratricidal wars which rapidly followed the political independence of …
ALT 27 New Novels in African Literature Today
Häftad, 2009
345 kr
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This issue of African Literature Today focuses on new novels by emerging as well as established African novelists.This is a seminal work that discusses the validity of the perception that the new generation of African novelists is remarkably different in vision, style, and worldview from the older …
ALT 31 Writing Africa in the Short Story: African Literature Today
Häftad, 2013
345 kr
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The success of the Caine Prize for African Writing and the growth of online publishing have played key roles in putting the short story in its rightful place within the study and criticism of African literature.African writers have, much more than the critics, recognized the beauty and potency of …
ALT 32 Politics & Social Justice: African Literature Today
Häftad, 2014
345 kr
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Examines some of the varied African literary responses to politics and social justice and injustice under colonialism/neocolonialism.In 1965, Chinua Achebe, in his classic essay "The Novelist as Teacher", declared that the "African past - with all its imperfections - was not one long night of …
ALT 5 The Novel in Africa: African Literature Today
An annual review
Av Eldred Jones
Häftad, 1971
382 kr
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The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism.Originally published in 1971, this was the first volume in the series to focus on a specific theme, in this …
ALT 6 Poetry in Africa: African Literature Today
A review
Av Eldred Jones
Häftad, 1973
382 kr
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The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism.First published in 1973, this volume of the series includes a tribute from the Editor to the poet Christopher …
ALT 7 Focus on Criticism: African Literature Today
A review
Av Eldred Jones
Häftad, 1975
382 kr
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The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism.First published in 1975, this volume of the series continues in more depth the debate on the role of critics …
ALT 8 Drama in Africa: African Literature Today
A review
Av Eldred Durosimi Jones, Eldred Jones
Häftad, 1976
382 kr
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The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism.First published in 1976, this volume has a focus on African drama and carries an introductory article by …
ALT 11 Myth & History: African Literature Today
Av Eldred Jones
Häftad, 1980
382 kr
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The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism.This volume, first published in 1980, provides an overview of the way myth and history have influenced both …
ALT 12 New Writing, New Approaches: African Literature Today
A review
Häftad, 1982
382 kr
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The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism.In his Editorial to African Literature Today 12, first published in 1982, Eldred Jones laments the death of …
ALT 33 Children's Literature & Story-telling
African Literature Today
Häftad, 2015
345 kr
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Contributors analyse the theories behind children's literature, its functions and cultural significance, and suggest the new directions this literature is taking in terms of its craft, themes and intentions.Africa's encounter with the West and its implications and consequences remain far-reaching …
ALT 34 Diaspora & Returns in Fiction
African Literature Today
Inbunden, 2016
1415 kr
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Imagined or actual returns to a "homeland" in African literature are examined in relation to changing concepts of identity, belonging, migration and space.This special issue focuses on literary texts by African writers in which the protagonist returns to his/her "original" or ancestral "home" in …
ALT 34 Diaspora & Returns in Fiction
African Literature Today
Häftad, 2016
460 kr
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Imagined or actual returns to a "homeland" in African literature are examined in relation to changing concepts of identity, belonging, migration and space.This special issue focuses on literary texts by African writers in which the protagonist returns to his/her "original" or ancestral "home" in …
ALT 35: Focus on Egypt
African Literature Today
Inbunden, 2017
1415 kr
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As well as a rare examination of Egyptian literature, this volume includes a non-themed section of Featured Articles and a Literary Supplement.Creativity has flourished in Egypt, a historically important and strategically located North African country and a leading nation in the Arab world. The …
ALT 36: Queer Theory in Film & Fiction
African Literature Today
Av Ernest N Emenyonu, John C. Hawley m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1415 kr
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ALT 36 turns a "queer eye" on Africa, offering provocative (re-)readings of texts to position formerly erased sexualities and contemporary sexual expression among Africans on the continent, and abroad.Debates on the future of the African continent and the role of gender identities in these visions …
ALT 36: Queer Theory in Film & Fiction
African Literature Today
Av Ernest N Emenyonu, John C. Hawley m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
460 kr
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ALT 36 turns a "queer eye" on Africa, offering provocative (re-)readings of texts to position formerly erased sexualities and contemporary sexual expression among Africans on the continent, and abroad.Debates on the future of the African continent and the role of gender identities in these visions …
