Reading Chinua Achebe: Language and Ideology in Fiction (Studies in African Literature) (Studies in African Literature (Hardcover))

Reading Chinua Achebe: Language and Ideology in Fiction (Studies in African Literature) (Studies in African Literature (Hardcover))

by SimonGikandi (Author)

Synopsis

Simon Gikandi has set out to reveal '...the very nature of [Achebe's] creativity, its prodigious complexity and richness...its paradoxes and ambiguities. This is scholarship of real stature and supersedes all other studies of Achebe's writing. It comes at a good time. Achebe's literary reputation is equal to that of any living author and a substantial critical canon has been established. - G.D. Killam, Professor of English, University of Guelph Kenya: EAEP

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Publisher: James Currey
Published: 01 Jan 1991

ISBN 10: 085255527X
ISBN 13: 9780852555279

Media Reviews
... excellent reading for anyone interested in understanding not only the works of Chinua Achebe, but also the enterprise of African literary criticism as a whole... - Victor Yankah in LORE & LANGUAGE ... impressive through and through ... his study is of the deep, meticulous and extensive kind which overwhelms one's tendency to underline ... - Arondji in AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW ... the chapter on Anthills of the Savannah offers one of the best readings of the novel to date. - Dianne Schwerdt, University of Adelaide ... fascinating reading. MATATU