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Nation, power and dissidence in third generation Nigerian poetry in English Sule E. Egya.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Egya, Sule E., 1976- author.
- Series:
- African humanities series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nigerian poetry (English)--20th century.
- Nigerian poetry (English).
- Nigerian poetry (English)--Criticism and interpretation.
- Nigeria--Poetry.
- Nigeria.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (189 pages)
- Edition:
- NISC first edition.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020
- Place of Publication:
- Grahamstown, South Africa : NISC on behalf of the African Humanities Program, 2019.
- Summary:
- Nation, Power and Dissidence in Third Generation Nigerian Poetry in English is a theoretical and analytical survey of the poetry that emerged in Nigeria in the 1980s.Hurt into poetry, the poets collectively raise aesthetics of resistance that dramatises the nationalist imagination bridging the gap between poetry and politics in Nigeria.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Question of Generation
- Literary Tradition, Influence, Anxiety
- Poetics and Subjectivity: Making Poetry Serve Humanity
- Dissident Dirge: Elegy Against the Oppressor
- Myth and Materialism: Deploying Myth against the Myth of Power
- Feminist Act: Feminising the Struggle Against the Oppressor
- Eco-Human Engagement: Facing the Oppressor over the Niger Delta
- Conclusion: Exile and the Trope of Dispersal.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-920033-45-9
- OCLC:
- 1129585965
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