The language of African literature
By: edited by Edmund L. Epstein and Robert Kole, with an introduction by Edmund L. Epstein.
Contributors: Epstein, Edmund L.; Kole, Robert.
Publisher: Africa World Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Trenton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: African literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; African literature (English) -- History and criticism.; Narration (Rhetoric)
Description: In this anthology, some of the most prolific and widely-read African novelists are analyzed - by some of the most advanced African linguists - from two divergent but mutually illuminating perspectives: a sophisticated linguistic and cultural analysis of their works as world-class literary products; and a "cross-cultural" analysis of the rich influence of one (or more) of the over-3,000 indigenous African languages on the English-language writing style of these African authors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.