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Bessie Head : the road of peace of mind : a critical appreciation / Joyce Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Joyce.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Head, Bessie, 1937-1986--Criticism and interpretation.
- Head, Bessie.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newark : University of Delware Press ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Directs attention to Bessie Head's literary preoccupations. The book reviews the context in which she wrote in relation to her ideas about the creative imagination, the art of fiction, and the situation of the writer in modern Africa. It explores her uses of local oral tradition, her encoding of meaning, and her texturing of language.
- Contents:
- The context of Bessie Head's fiction
- A portrait of the artist as a young woman : The cardinals
- Escaping "the heat of the sun" : When rain clouds gather
- The moon's sphere : Maru
- In a twilight zone : A question of power
- Dredging the river : The collector of treasures
- Sunrise at sunset : A bewitched crossroad.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-218) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-936249-51-0
- OCLC:
- 922966511
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