Urban obsessions, urban fears: the postcolonial Kenyan novel
Kurtz's analysis of the development of the Kenyan novel in English emphasizes the historical contingencies affecting the production of literature in Kenya, and how succeeding generations have drawn from and expanded the thematic repertoire established by the "first generation" of work...
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| Language: | English |
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Trenton, NJ
Africa World Press
1998
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| Edition: | 1. printing |
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| Summary: | Kurtz's analysis of the development of the Kenyan novel in English emphasizes the historical contingencies affecting the production of literature in Kenya, and how succeeding generations have drawn from and expanded the thematic repertoire established by the "first generation" of works in the 1960s. |
| Physical Description: | VIII, 228 S. |
| ISBN: | 0865436576 0865436568 |
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