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Author:

George, Olakunle.

Title:

Relocating agency : modernity and African letters / Olakunle George.

Publisher:

State University of New York Press,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xx, 227 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Achebe, Chinua--Criticism and interpretation.
Fagunwa, D. O.--Criticism and interpretation.
Soyinka, Wole--Criticism and interpretation.
Tutuola, Amos--Criticism and interpretation.
African literature (English)--History and criticism.
Literature and society--Africa--History--20th century.
Agent (Philosophy) in literature.
Decolonization in literature.
Poststructuralism--Africa.
Postcolonialism--Africa.
Nigeria--In literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-221) and index.

Contents:

Issues and contexts: on knowledge as limit -- Contemporary theory and the demand for agency -- The logic of agency in African literary criticism -- D.O. Fagunwa as compound of spells -- Wole Soyinka and the challenge of transition.

Series:

SUNY series, explorations in postcolonial studies

ISBN:

9780791455418 (acid-free paper)
0791455416 (acid-free paper)
9780791455425 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0791455424 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)48964693

LCCN:

2002021022

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)