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Chinua Achebe
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English
Published/Copyright:
2014
About this book
Chinua Achebe has long been regarded as Africa’s foremost writer. In this major new study, Jago Morrison offers a comprehensive reassessment of his work as an author, broadcaster, editor and political thinker.
With new, historically contextualised readings of all of his major works, this is the first study to view Achebe’s oeuvre in its entirety, from Things Fall Apart and the early novels, through the revolutionary Ahiara Declaration – previously attributed to Emeka Ojukwu – to the revealing final works The Education of a British Educated Child and There Was a Country. Contesting previous interpretations which align Achebe too easily with this or that nationalist programme, the book reveals Achebe as a much more troubled figure than critics have habitually assumed.
Authoritative and wide-ranging, this book will be essential reading for scholars and students of Achebe’s work in the twenty-first century.
With new, historically contextualised readings of all of his major works, this is the first study to view Achebe’s oeuvre in its entirety, from Things Fall Apart and the early novels, through the revolutionary Ahiara Declaration – previously attributed to Emeka Ojukwu – to the revealing final works The Education of a British Educated Child and There Was a Country. Contesting previous interpretations which align Achebe too easily with this or that nationalist programme, the book reveals Achebe as a much more troubled figure than critics have habitually assumed.
Authoritative and wide-ranging, this book will be essential reading for scholars and students of Achebe’s work in the twenty-first century.
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Contributor: Jago Morrison
Jago Morrison is Senior Lecturer in English at Brunel University
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Dedication
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
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Series editor’s foreword
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Abbreviations
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Chronology
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1 Speaking from the middle ground
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2 Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease
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3 Arrow of God
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4 A Man of the People and the Biafran writings
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5 Anthills of the Savannah
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6 The balance of stories
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Notes
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Select bibliography
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Index
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eBook published on:
September 6, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9781526110718
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Keywords for this book
Achebe; Chinua; Nigeria; English Language Literature; Things Fall Apart; No Longer at Ease; Arrow of God; A Man of the People; Anthills of the Savannah
Audience(s) for this book
For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
