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02283cam a2200421 a 4500 001 90C4406882A911DE820800E8A7D7520A 003 SILO 005 20100201083435 008 070918s2008 tnu b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2007038322 020 $a 1572336153 (hbk.) 020 $a 9781572336155 (hbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)173218734 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d C#P $d BWX $d IXA $d SBM $d JYJ $d IWG $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PS153.N5 $b O38 2008 082 00 $a 813/.540915 100 1 $a Okonkwo, Christopher N. 245 1 $a A spirit of dialogue : $b incarnations of Æ Ì£gbanÌje, the born-to-die, in African American literature / $c Christopher N. Okonkwo. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a Knoxville : $b The University of Tennessee Press, $c c2008. 300 $a xxv, 266 p. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-239) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: an aesthetic (re)mark on the spirit child -- Æ Ì£gbanÌje and AÌbiÌkuÌ: contexts, conceptualizations, and two West African literary archetypes -- Chinua Achebe, the neo-slave narrative, the nationalist aesthetic, and African American (re)visions of the spirit child -- Of power, protest, and revolution: wild seed and mind of my mind -- Binary nativity, subjectivity, and the wages of (in)fidelity to "origins": The between -- Mediating character, theme, and narration: "Æ Ì£gbanÌje" as hermeneutics in The cattle killing -- Sula, Beloved, and the constructive synchrony of good and evil -- Epilogue: this blues called Æ Ì£gbanÌje. 650 0 $a American literature $x History and criticism. $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a English literature $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Myth in literature. 650 0 $a Mourning customs in literature. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Intellectual life. 650 0 $a African Americans in literature. 650 0 $a Death in literature. 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0727/2007038322.html 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824060432.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090806113132.0 952 $l OSAX771 $d 20100201083435.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=90C4406882A911DE820800E8A7D7520A 994 $a 01 $b IWGInitiate Another SILO Locator Search