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An edition of Ngugi wa Thiong'o (2000)

Ngugi wa Thiong'o

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A study of the works of Kenyan dramatist and novelist Ngugu wa Thiong'o explores the development of his major novels and plays against a background of colonialsim and its aftermath in Kenya.

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Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Pages
328

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Subjects

Criticism and interpretation, In literature, African literature, history and criticism, Kenya in literature, Imperialism in literature

People

Ngugi wa Thiong'0, 1938-, Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo (1938-), Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo (1938-)

Places

Kenya

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Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
2011, Cambridge University Press
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2010, Cambridge University Press
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Ngugi wa Thiong'o
2009, Cambridge University Press
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2000, Cambridge University Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction: reading texts and contexts
Narrative and nationalist desire: early short stories and The river between
Educating colonial subjects: the "emergency stories" and Weep not, child
Representing decolonization: A grain of wheat
The poetics of cultural production: the later short stories and Petals of blood
Performance and power: the plays
The prisonhouse of culture: Detained and Devil on the cross
The work of art in exile: Matigari
Writing freedom: essays and criticism
Conclusion

Edition Notes

Originally published: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cambridge
Series
Cambridge studies in African and Caribbean literature -- 8

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.914
Library of Congress
PR9381.9.N45 Z67 2009, PR9381.9.N45 Z67 20

The Physical Object

Pagination
p.
Number of pages
328

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27077337M
Internet Archive
ngugiwathiongoca00gika
ISBN 10
0521119014
ISBN 13
9780521119016
OCLC/WorldCat
351329759

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