The Chinua Achebe encyclopedia
Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe is widely regarded as the most important of the numerous African novelists who gained global attention in the second half of the 20th century. Achebe is certainly the African writer best known in the West, and his first novel, Things Fall Apart, is a founding text of postcolonial African literature and regarded as one of the central works of world literature of the last 50 years. Though best known as a novelist, Achebe is also a critic, activist, and spokesman for …
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- Full title :The Chinua Achebe encyclopedia / edited by M. Keith Booker ; foreword by Simon Gikandi.
Summary
Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe is widely regarded as the most important of the numerous African novelists who gained global attention in the second half of the 20th century. Achebe is certainly the African writer best known in the West, and his first novel, Things Fall Apart, is a founding text of postcolonial African literature and regarded as one of the central works of world literature of the last 50 years. Though best known as a novelist, Achebe is also a critic, activist, and spokesman for African culture. This reference is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to his life and writings. Included are several hundred alphabetically arranged entries. Some of these are substantive summary discussions of Achebe's major work of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry."
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- Publication Date:2003.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Greenwood Press
- Place of Publication:Westport, Conn
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2003.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxi, 318 p., [8] p. of plates : : ill. ; : 27 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0325070636, 9780325070636
- oclc:on1327864014
- LC Classification:PR9387.9.A3
- Dewey Decimal:823/.914
Table of Contents
Foreword : Chinua Achebe and the institution of African literature / Simon Gikandi -- Preface -- Chronology -- The encyclopedia -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the contributors.
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