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Author:

Okonkwo, Christopher N.

Title:

A spirit of dialogue : incarnations of Ợgbañje, the born-to-die, in African American literature / Christopher N. Okonkwo.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

The University of Tennessee Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xxv, 266 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
English literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Myth in literature.
Mourning customs in literature.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
African Americans in literature.
Death in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-239) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: an aesthetic (re)mark on the spirit child -- Ợgbañje and Àbíkú: 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: "Ợgbañje" as hermeneutics in The cattle killing -- Sula, Beloved, and the constructive synchrony of good and evil -- Epilogue: this blues called Ợgbañje.

ISBN:

1572336153 (hbk.)
9781572336155 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)173218734

LCCN:

2007038322

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)