Reading Chinua Achebe
Language and Ideology in Fiction
Format:Paperback
Publisher:James Currey
Published:1st Jan '91
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Analysis of the writings of Chinua Achebe aimed at students of literature. Simon Gikandi has set out to reveal '...the very nature of [Achebe's] creativity, its prodigious complexity and richness...its paradoxes and ambiguities. This is scholarship of real stature and supersedes all other studies of Achebe's writing. It comes at a good time. Achebe's literary reputation is equal to that of any living author and a substantial critical canon has been established. - G.D. Killam, Professor of English, University of Guelph Kenya: EAEP
... excellent reading for anyone interested in understanding not only the works of Chinua Achebe, but also the enterprise of African literary criticism as a whole... - -- Victor Yankah * LORE & LANGUAGE *
... impressive through and through ... his study is of the deep, meticulous and extensive kind which overwhelms one's tendency to underline ... - -- Arondji * AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW *
... the chapter on Anthills of the Savannah offers one of the best readings of the novel to date. - -- Dianne Schwerdt, University of Adelaide
... fascinating reading. * MATATU *
ISBN: 9780852555279
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 276g
192 pages