The Cambridge history of African and Caribbean literature. Volume 2 / edited by F. Abiola Irele and Simon Gikandi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Irele, F. Abiola, editor.

Gikandi, Simon, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--Black authors--History and criticism.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages 425-906) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

The Cambridge History of African & Caribbean Literature

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Summary:

This magisterial history of African literature is an essential resource for specialists and students.

Contents:

East African literature in English / Simon Gikandi

Anglophone literature of Central Africa / Flora Veit-Wild and Anthony Chennells

West African literature in English : beginnings to the mid-seventies / Dan Izevbaye

South African literature in English / David Attwell

African literature in French : Sub-Saharan Africa during the colonial period / Mildred Mortimer

North African literature in French / Patricia Geesey

Francophone literatures of the Indian Ocean / Bénédicte Maguière

African literature in Spanish / M'bre N'gom

African literature in Portuguese / Russell Hamilton

Popular literature in Africa / Ode S. Ogede

Caribbean literature in French : origins and development / Nick Nesbitt

Caribbean literature in Spanish / Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert

Anglophone Caribbean literature / Elaine Savory

The Harlem Renaissance and the Negritude movement / F. Abiola Irele

Postcolonial Caribbean identities / J. Michael Dash

African literature and post-independence disillusionment / Derek Wright

"Postcolonial" African and Caribbean literature / Adele King

Modernism and postmodernism in African literature / Ato Quayson.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781139054645 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.