Debt, law, realism : Nigerian writers imagine the state at independence /

"In the decade before and after independence, Nigerians not only adopted the novel but reinvented the genre. Nigerian novels imagined the new state, with its ideals of the rule of law, state sovereignty, and a centralized administration. Debt, Law, Realism argues that Nigerian novels were not w...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kortenaar, Neil ten (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Nigerian fiction (English) > History and criticism.
Realism in literature.
State, The, in literature.
Sovereignty in literature.
Debt in literature.
Politics and literature > Nigeria > History > 20th century.
Roman nigérian (anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Réalisme dans la littérature.
État dans la littérature.
Souveraineté dans la littérature.
Dettes dans la littérature.
Politique et littérature > Nigeria > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM / African
Debt in literature
Literature
Nigerian fiction (English)
Politics and literature
Realism in literature
Sovereignty in literature
State, The, in literature
Nigeria > In literature.
Nigeria
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Crediting African literature
  • Reciprocity
  • Sovereign debt
  • Of confidence and markets
  • Women and the cowrie zone
  • The law's monopoly on violence
  • The problem of succession
  • Modern debt and the civil service
  • Corruption
  • Discipline

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