Perspectives on African literature: selections from the proceedings of the Conference on African Literature held at the University of Ife, 1968 / edited by Christopher Heywood.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Heywood, Christopher, editor.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Conference Name:

Conference on African Literature (1968 : University of Ife)

Series:

Studies in African literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African literature--History and criticism.

African literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 175 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 23 cm.

Distribution:

London, In association with University of Ife Press.

Place of Publication:

London, Heinemann, 1971.

Contents:

Literature and Criticism. The African Writer and His Past / James Ngugi; The Criticism of Modern African Literature / Abiola Irele; Criticism and Literature in Africa / D. S. Izevbaye

Language and Style. The Development of African Prose-Writing in English: A Perspective / Lalage Bown; Language and Sources of Amos Tutuola / A. Afolayan; Some Problems of Translation in African Literature / Brenda Packman

Literary Forms. Modern Drama in West Africa / Oyin Ogunba; The Character of Popular Fiction in Ghana / Ime Ikiddeh; Traditionalism in African Literature: J. P. Clark / E. Ofori Akyea

Authors and Works. Progress and Civilization in the Work of Wole Soyinka / Eldred Jones; The Relevance of the King in Camara Laye's Le Regard du Roi / David Cook; The Development of Writing in East Africa / David Rubadiri; The Novels of Peter Abrahams / Christopher Heywood.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy has dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

043518718X

9780435187187

0435188198

OCLC:

532725