Chinua Achebe / Jago Morrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morrison, Jago, 1969- author.

Series:

Contemporary world writers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Achebe, Chinua--Criticism and interpretation.

Achebe, Chinua.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xii, 279 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2014.

Summary:

Chinua Achebe has long been regarded as Africa's foremost writer. In this major new study, Jago Morrison offers a comprehensive reassessment of his work as an author, broadcaster, editor and political thinker. With new, historically contextualised readings of all of his major works, this is the first study to view Achebe's oeuvre in its entirety, from Things Fall Apart and the early novels, through the revolutionary Ahiara Declaration - previously attributed to Emeka Ojukwu - to the revealing final works The Education of a British Educated Child and There Was a Country. Contesting previous interpretations which align Achebe too easily with this or that nationalist programme, the book reveals Achebe as a much more troubled figure than critics have habitually assumed. Authoritative and wide-ranging, this book will be essential reading for scholars and students of Achebe's work in the twenty-first century. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Speaking from the middle ground: contexts and intertexts 1

2 Things Tall Apart and No Longer at Ease 55

3 Arrow of God 93

4 A Man of the People and the Biafran writings 135

5 Anthills of the Savannah 183

6 The balance of stories: critical overview and conclusion 224.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-271) and index.

ISBN:

0719084369

9780719084362

OCLC:

881859084