Brenda Cooper

Gebundenes Buch

Magical Realism in West African Fiction

Beschreibung

This book focuses on the cultural politics of magical realism, as exemplified in the fiction of Syl Cheney-Coker, Ben Okri and Kojo Laing and contextualizes their fiction within current debate.

Autor

Brenda Cooper is a Professor in the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town. Her previous book, To Lay These Secrets Open, 1992, debates the criteria for the evaluation of African fiction. She has also produced resources on the teaching of African literature in schools and colleges. These include Modern African Writing 1984, Debates, Dilemmas and Dreams 1992 and Nations: Stories of the World for Africa 1995.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 524g
• ISBN-13: 9780415182393
• ISBN-10: 0415182395
• Artikelnr.: 20986060