UID:
almafu_9959231009502883
Format:
1 online resource (259 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-67378-7
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1-280-31899-6
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9786610318995
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0-203-45139-2
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0-415-24572-9
Series Statement:
Routledge research in post-colonial studies ; 1
Content:
This study contextualizes magical realism within current debates and theories of postcoloniality and examines the fiction of three of its West African pioneers: Syl Cheney-Coker of Sierra Leone, Ben Okri of Nigeria and Kojo Laing of Ghana. Brenda Cooper explores the distinct elements of the genre in a West African context, and in relation to: * a range of global expressions of magical realism, from the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez to that of Salman Rushdie * wider contemporary trends in African writing, with particular attention to how the realism of authors such as Chinua Achebe an
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-34061-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-18239-5
Language:
English
