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- catalog abstract ""Simon Gikandi's study offers a comprehensive analysis of all Ngugi's published work and explores the development of the major novels and plays against a background of colonialism and decolonization in Kenya. Gikandi places the works in a context that examines the way they engage with the changing history of Africa. Tracing Ngugi's career from the 1960s through to his role in shaping a radical culture in East Africa in the 1970s and his imprisonment and exile in the 1980s, this book provides insight int the author's life and the historic events that produced his work."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11554883.
- catalog coverage "Kenya In literature.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Simon Gikandi's study offers a comprehensive analysis of all Ngugi's published work and explores the development of the major novels and plays against a background of colonialism and decolonization in Kenya. Gikandi places the works in a context that examines the way they engage with the changing history of Africa. Tracing Ngugi's career from the 1960s through to his role in shaping a radical culture in East Africa in the 1970s and his imprisonment and exile in the 1980s, this book provides insight int the author's life and the historic events that produced his work."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-157) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Kenyan history, Ngugi's life and career, Ngugi and postcolonial studies -- (Re)writing history: early fiction -- Mau Mau aesthetics: later fiction -- Performing revolution: plays and film -- Armed words for mental decolonization: nonfiction prose.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 164 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0805716955 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Twayne's world authors series ; TWAS 890. African literature".
- catalog isPartOf "Twayne's world authors series ; TWAS 890.".
- catalog isPartOf "Twayne's world authors series. African literature.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Twayne Publishers,".
- catalog spatial "Kenya In literature.".
- catalog subject "823 21".
- catalog subject "Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo, 1938- Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "PR9381.9.N45 Z76 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Kenyan history, Ngugi's life and career, Ngugi and postcolonial studies -- (Re)writing history: early fiction -- Mau Mau aesthetics: later fiction -- Performing revolution: plays and film -- Armed words for mental decolonization: nonfiction prose.".
- catalog title "Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo / Oliver Lovesey.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".