In the Name of the Mother: Reflections on Writers and Empire Contributor(s): Wa Thiong'o, Ngugi (Author) |
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ISBN: 1847010849 ISBN-13: 9781847010841 Publisher: James Currey OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | African - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature |
Dewey: 809.896 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.50 lbs) 158 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
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Publisher Description: Renowned worldwide, as novelist and dramatist, Ngugi wa Thiongo's contributions to the body of critical writing on African literature, politics and society have been highly significant. His best known critical work is Decolonising the Mind, which since publication in 1986 has profoundly influenced other writers, critics, scholars and students. These latest essays reflect Ngugi's continuing interests and enthusiasms. His choice of writers is original. He makes us look again at their novels to address his lifelong concerns with the ways to independence, the meanings of colonialism and the takeover by neo-colonialism, and the functions of literature in political as well asliterary terms. They will appeal not only to his international band of supporters. They will also introduce his views to young people discovering African and Caribbean literature. Ngugi wa Thiong'o is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine. Ngugi is renowned for his essays, including the seminal Decolonising the Mind (James Currey 1986); his plays, which led to his detentionin Kenya; his novels - the most recent works being The Wizard of the Crow (2007, translated into English from Gikuyu) and his memoirs Dreams in a Time of War and In the House of the Interpreter East Africa [Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda]: EAEP |