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The comic imagination in modern African literature and cinema : a poetics of laughter / Maik Nwosu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nwosu, Maik, author.
- Series:
- Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 62.
- Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African literature (English)--20th century--History and criticism.
- African literature (English).
- African literature (French)--20th century--History and criticism.
- African literature (French).
- African wit and humor--History and criticism.
- African wit and humor.
- Comic, The, in literature.
- Comedy films--Nigeria--History and criticism.
- Comedy films.
- Nigeria.
- Physical Description:
- 147 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routlege, 2016.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Exploring the African Comic Imagination
- The Flaming Masquerade and Comic Simplicitas
- The Wilderness Paradox and Comic Magnitude
- Dramatic Poetry and Comic Synthesis
- Nollywood Cinema and the Semiotics of Laughter
- Conclusion: Renewing the Poetics of Laughter.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138942660
- 1138942669
- OCLC:
- 930786173
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