| Description |
1 online resource (1 PDF (177 pages)) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Preface; Contents; CHAPTER 1; Introduction: Location of Remi Raji's Political Poetics; Remi Raji: The Poet and His Vision; The Form and Style of Raji's Poetry; Notes; CHAPTER 2; Self-Definition: Roots, Creeds, Strategic Metaphors; Tension and Intention: The Aesthetics of Rage; Notes; CHAPTER 3; A Harvest of Laughters: Rising through the Mystery of Laughter; Of Transformative Trope: The Therapeutic Force of Laughter; Notes; CHAPTER 4; Webs of Remembrance: Realising the Aesthetics of Rage |
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Emperor versus Writer: a Critical InterventionNotes; CHAPTER 5; Lovesong for My Wasteland: Nation, Voice, Vision; Town Crier's Poetics: People, Nation, and Optimism; Notes; CHAPTER 6; Gather My Blood Rivers of Song: Outrage and Epiphany; In Time of Hate: Love, Angst, and Triumph; Notes; CHAPTER 7; Shuttlesongs America: A Poetic Guided Tour: Beyond the Shores of Nigeria; CHAPTER 8; Conclusion; Works Cited; Index; Back cover |
| Summary |
This study explores the nationalist imagination, artistic philosophy and the overtly political dimension of Remi Raji's poetry. It is an attempt to construct a sustained critical discourse on Raji's ongoing body of works. Raji is one of the major poetic voices on the Nigerian literary scene today. With the publication of his first collection, A Harvest of Laughters, in 1997 Raji has continued to strengthen his craft and vision through subsequent volumes: Webs of Remembrance (2000), Shuttlesongs: America - a Poetic Guided Tour (2003), Lovesong for My Wasteland (2005); and Gather My Blood Rivers of Song (2009). Evidently he has attained poetic maturity and, given the frequency of his output, is set to realise a fulfilled poetic career. His maturation thus far through these five volumes deserves a major critical assessment, and a possible prediction for the direction of his artistic vision |
| Notes |
"Kraftgriots (A literary imprint of Kraft Books Limited)"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-173) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Raji, Remi, 1961- -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Raji, Remi, 1961- fast |
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Nigerian poetry (English)
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Poets, Nigerian -- Nigeria -- Biography
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Nigerian poetry (English)
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Poets, Nigerian
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Nigeria
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789789182718 |
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9789182716 |
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