Reading Chinua Achebe
Language and Ideology in Fiction
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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
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
Paperback
9780852555279
January 1991
$29.95 / £19.99
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