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Allison & Busby, 1989. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:9780850318548
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Beyond the Boundaries African Literature and Literary Theory Paperback - 1989
by Mineke Schipper
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- Title Beyond the Boundaries African Literature and Literary Theory
- Author Mineke Schipper
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Language ENG
- Publisher Allison & Busby LTD, London
- Date September 21, 1989
- ISBN 9780850318548
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London, England: Allison & Busby/W. H. Allen & Co, 1989. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First Printing, published simultaneously with Hardcover edition. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Just of touch of wear to cover edges, otherwise clean, unmarked, tight and square binding, internals clean and free from any markings, no creases. The author makes a powerful case for African literature, as an object of scholarly research as well as a moral force in contemporary Africa (paraphrase from a statement of Biodun Jeyifo, Professor of English, Cornell University). For centuries it has been taken for granted that Western literature stands at the center of the world's culture.But this Eurocentric tradition, which has relegated the literature of people's beyond the bounds of the West to a lesser status, is increasingly being recognized as a narrow-minded and distorted perspective. Schipper explores beyond cultural boundaries, to help gain insight…
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Allison & Busby Ltd. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES: African Literature and Literary Theory.
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London:: Allison & Busby,, (1989.). First edition -. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. . First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A fresh look at African literature by a writer who many years in Africa and has written many books on the subject - the book is both an exploration of how the African novel was influenced by African oral tradition, the western novel and the political realities of Africa and an appeal for the reader to be willing to explore beyond one's cultural boundaries. Notes, bibliography and index of authors and works discussed. 212 pp.
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