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Author:
Mathuray, Mark, 1972-
Title:
On the sacred in African literature : old gods and new worlds / Mark Mathuray.
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
viii, 205 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
African literature (English)--History and criticism.
Holy, The, in literature
Myth in literature
Religion in literature
Culture in literature
Africa--In literature.
Magic realism (Literature)
Literature and society--Africa--History--20th century.
Politics and literature--Africa--History--20th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Realising the sacred : Chinua Achebe's Arrow of god -- Dramatising the sacred : Wole Soyinka's "the fourth stage" and Kongi's harvest -- Politicising the sacred : Ngugi wa Thiong'o's The river between -- Sacred realism : Ben Okri's The famished road -- The stalled sublime : J.M. Coetzee's Foe -- Conclusion : the political as tragic effect.
ISBN:
0230577555 (alk. paper)
9780230577558 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)298778222
LCCN:
2009013639
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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