Achebe and friends at Umuahia : the making of a literary elite] /

This is the first in-depth scholarly study of the literary awakening of the young intellectuals who became known as Nigeria's "first-generation" writers in the post-colonial period. Terri Ochiagha's research focuses on Chinua Achebe, Elechi Amadi, Chike Momah, Christopher Okigbo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ochiagha, Terri (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : James Currey, an imprint of Boydell and Brewer, 2015.
Colección:African articulations.
Temas:
1900-1999
Nigerian literature > History and criticism > 20th century.
Littérature nigériane > Histoire et critique > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Nigerian literature
Literatur
Schriftsteller
Nigeria
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Laying the Foundation: The Fisher Days, 1929
  • 1939
  • 2. "The Eton of The East': William Simpson and the Umuahian Renaissance
  • 3. Studying the Humanities at Government College, Umuahia
  • 4. Young Political Renegades: Nationalist Undercurrents at Government College, Umuahia, 1944
  • 1945
  • 5. `Something New in Ourselves': First Literary Aspirations
  • 6. The Dangerous Potency of the Crossroads: Colonial Mimicry in Ike, Momah and Okigbo's Reimaginings of the Primus Inter Pares Years
  • 7. An Uncertain Legacy: I.N.C. Aniebo and Ken Saro-Wiwa in the Umuahia of the 1950s
  • 8. The Will to Shine as One: Affiliation and Friendship beyond the College Walls.

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