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Nation, power and dissidence in third generation Nigerian poetry in English Sule E. Egya

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Title Nation, power and dissidence in third generation Nigerian poetry in English Sule E. Egya.
Edition NISC first edition.
Publisher Grahamstown, South Africa : NISC on behalf of the African Humanities Program
Manufacture Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE
Creation Date 2019
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index.
Content Introduction -- The Question of Generation -- Literary Tradition, Influence, Anxiety -- Poetics and Subjectivity: Making Poetry Serve Humanity -- Dissident Dirge: Elegy Against the Oppressor -- Myth and Materialism: Deploying Myth against the Myth of Power -- Feminist Act: Feminising the Struggle Against the Oppressor -- Eco-Human Engagement: Facing the Oppressor over the Niger Delta -- Conclusion: Exile and the Trope of Dispersal.
Series African humanities series
Extent 1 online resource (189 pages)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2019.
National Library system number 997010706333205171
MARC RECORDS
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