Title Creating postcolonial literature : African writers and British publishers / Caroline Davis

Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013 ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (x, 255 pages) : illustrations Contents Oxford University Press in Africa, 1927-1980 -- The vision for OUP in Africa -- 'The obligation to be profitable': OUP in West Africa -- 'The call to duty': OUP in East Africa -- Publishing under Apartheid: OUP in South Africa -- The Three Crowns Series 1962-1976 -- The history of Three Crowns -- Judging African literature -- Editing Three Crowns -- Publishing Wole Soyinka -- Publishing Athol Fugard Summary "Creating Postcolonial Literature" examines the publishing of African literature in the postcolonial period. Its focus is the largely forgotten Three Crowns series by Oxford University Press (1962-1976), which was the vehicle for the publication of Wole Soyinka and Athol Fugard, along with many other major African writers, including Lewis Nkosi, John Pepper Clark, Obi Egbuna, Oswald Mtshali, Joe de Graft and Leopold Šdar Senghor. It addresses the construction of literary value, the relationships between African writers and British publishers, and the critical importance of the African marketplace in the development of African literature during this period. Based on new archival research, it assesses the institutions of postcolonial literary publishing on both a macro and micro level, by combining a thorough analysis of the historical, political and economic context of British publishing in Africa in this period with detailed author case studies Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-243) and index Notes Print version record Subject Oxford University Press -- History SUBJECT Oxford University Press fast Oxford University Press -- History. idszbzes Subject African literature (English) -- Publishing -- History -- 20th century Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Publishers and publishing -- Africa -- History -- 20th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Publishers and publishing Literatur Postkolonialismus Verleger Englisch African literature -- English -- Publication history. Publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Africa Great Britain Großbritannien Afrika Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781137328380 113732838X

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