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On the sacred in African literature : old gods and new worlds / Mark Mathuray.
Van Pelt Library PR9340.5 .M37 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mathuray, Mark, 1972-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African literature (English)--History and criticism.
- African literature (English).
- Holy, The, in literature.
- Myth in literature.
- Religion in literature.
- Culture in literature.
- Politics and literature.
- History.
- Literature and society.
- Africa--In literature.
- Africa.
- Magic realism (Literature).
- Literature and society--Africa--History--20th century.
- Politics and literature--Africa--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 205 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
- Contents:
- Realising the sacred : Chinua Achebe's Arrow of god
- Dramatising the sacred : Wole Soyinka's "the fourth stage" and Kongi's harvest
- Politicising the sacred : Ngugi wa Thiong'o's The river between
- Sacred realism : Ben Okri's The famished road
- The stalled sublime : J.M. Coetzee's Foe
- Conclusion : the political as tragic effect.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230577558
- 0230577555
- OCLC:
- 298778222
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