{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-the-african-novel-9780521671682","title":"The Cambridge Companion to the African Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComprehensive in scope, these new essays cover the fiction in the European languages from North Africa and Africa south of the Sahara, as well as in Arabic. Including a guide to further reading and a chronology, this is the ideal starting-point for students of African and world literatures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'… an impressive team of contributors, with a fine balance of African, North American and European, Anglophone and Francophone scholars.' SCOLMA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChronology; 1. Introduction: perspectives on the African novel F. Abiola Irele; 2. The oral\/literate interface Olukunle George; 3. Chinua Achebe and the African novel Dan Izevbaye; 4. Protest and resistance Barbara Harlow; 5. The Afrikaans novel Chris Warnes; 6. The African novel in Arabic Shaden Tageldin; 7. The Francophone novel in North Africa Bernard Aresu; 8. The Francophone African novel in Sub-Saharan Africa Lydie Moudileno; 9. The historical novel M. Keith Booker; 10. Magical realism and the African novel Ato Quayson; 11. The African novel and the feminine condition Nana Wilson-Tagoe; 12. Bildungsroman and autobiography Apollo Amoko; 13. The postcolonial condition Phyllis Taoua; 14. New voices and emerging themes Dominic Thomas; 15. The critical reception of the African novel Harry Garuba; Further reading; Index.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195204661591,"sku":"9780521671682","price":24.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780521671682.jpg?v=1763646734","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-the-african-novel-9780521671682","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}