Title Manichean aesthetics : the politics of literature in colonial Africa / Abdul R. JanMohamed

Published Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1983

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Description 312 pages ; 24 cm Contents Introduction -- Joyce Cary: The generation of racial romance -- Isak Dinesen: The generation of mythic consciousness -- Nadine Gordimer: The degeneration of the great South African lie -- Chinua Achebe: The generation of realism -- Ngugi wa Thiongó: The problems of communal regeneration -- Alex La Guma: The generation of marginal fiction Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages [301]-308 Subject Blixen, Karen, 1885-1962 -- Political and social views. Cary, Joyce, 1888-1957 -- Political and social views. Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962 -- Political and social views. African fiction (English) -- History and criticism. Colonies in literature. Imperialism in literature. Political fiction -- History and criticism. Politics and literature -- Africa -- History -- 20th century. Politics and literature -- Africa. SUBJECT Africa -- In literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100686 LC no. 83005808 ISBN 0870233955

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