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African horizons : the landscapes of African fiction / Christine Loflin.
LIBRA PR9344 .L64 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Loflin, Christine, 1959-
- Series:
- Contributions in Afro-American and African studies 0069-9624 ; no. 184.
- Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, 0069-9624 ; no. 184
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African fiction (English)--History and criticism.
- African fiction (English).
- Landscapes in literature.
- Land use in literature.
- Land use.
- Landscapes.
- Africa--In literature.
- Africa.
- Landscapes--Africa.
- Land use--Africa.
- Physical Description:
- x, 123 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- Explores the importance of landscape description in African fiction, arguing that discussion of landscape can reveal the geographic, religious, political, and social boundaries of the text.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Nugui wa Thiong'o's Visions of Africa 17
- Chapter 2 Mother Africa: African Women and the Land in West African Literature 35
- Chapter 3 The Landscape of Religion in West African Literature by Men 55
- Chapter 4 "In the Land of a Dying Illusion": The Landscape of Black South African Township Novels 71
- Chapter 5 Women Writers at Home and in Exile: The Examples of Bessie Head and Miriam Tlali 85
- Chapter 6 "And Then the Bush Avenged Itself": The Landscape of White South African Fiction 101.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [115]-120) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313297339
- OCLC:
- 36573699
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