Title Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart / David Whittaker and Mpalive-Hangson Msiska

Published Milton Park, Abingdon ; N.Y., NY : Routledge, 2007 ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 145 pages) Series Routledge guides to literature Routledge guides to literature. Contents Texts and contexts -- Critical history -- Critical readings -- Further reading and web resources Summary Offering an insight into African culture that had not been portrayed before, Things Fall Apart is both a tragic and moving story of an individual set in the wider context of the coming of colonialism, as well as a powerful and complex political statement of cross-cultural encounters. This guide to Chinua Achebe's compelling novel offers: an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of Things Fall Apart a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present a selection of critical writing on Things Fall Apart, by Abiola Irele, Abdul JanMohamed, Biodun Jeyifo, Florence Stratton and Ato Quayson, providing a variety of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism suggestions for further reading. Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Things Fall Apart and seeking not only a guide to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Achebe's text Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Achebe, Chinua. Things fall apart. SUBJECT Things fall apart (Achebe, Chinua) fast Subject Igbo (African people) in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Igbo (African people) in literature Literature Igbo (folk) i litteraturen. Nigeria -- In literature Nigeria Nigeria -- i litteraturen. Form Electronic book Author Msiska, Mpalive-Hangson, author ISBN 9780203496404 020349640X 9780415344555 0415344557 9780415344562 0415344565 1134286481 9781134286485

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