Author: Heywood, Christopher ; editor:
Title: Perspectives on African Literature : Selections from the Proceedings of the Conference on African Literature..,.
Description: London, Heinemann, 1971. orig. boards, dustwrapper.. 22x14cm, viii,175 pp. Some page-edge spotting.. Minor rubbing. A small stain to dustwrapper. VG. ¶ Full title reads: "Perspectives on African Literature: Selections from the Proceedings of the Conference on African Literature held at the University of Ife, 1968". Contains 13 papers. Includes: "The African Writer & His Past" [James Ngugi]; "The Criticism of Modern African Literature" [Abiola Irele]; "Criticism & Literature in Africa" [D.S. Izevbaye]; "The Development of African Prose-Writng in English: A Perspective [Lalage Bown]; "Language & Sources of Amos Tutuola" [A. Afolayan]; "Some Problems of Translation on African Literature" [Brenda Packman]; "Modern Drama in West Africa [Oyin Ogunba]; "The Character of Popular Fiction in Ghana" [Imke Ikiddeh]; "Traditionalism in African Literature: J.P. Clark" [E. Ofori Akyea]; "Progress & Civilization in the Work of Wole Soyinka" [Eldred Jones]; "The Relevance of the King in Camara Laye's 'Le regard du roi'" [ David Cook]; "The Development of Writing in East Africa" [David Rubadiri]; "The Novels of Peter Abrahams" [Christopher Heywood].

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