Title:
The blind men and the elephant and other essays in biographical criticism
Author:
Lindfors, Bernth.
ISBN:
9780865437289
9780865437296
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Publication Information:
Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c1999.
Physical Description:
xi, 200 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents:
The Blind Men and the Elephant -- Dennis Brutus and His Critics -- Dialectical Development in the Poetry of Dennis Brutus -- Wole Soyinka, When are You Coming Home? -- Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Early Journalism -- Bibliography of Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Early Journalism -- Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Detention -- Amos Tutuola's Search for a Publisher -- A "Proper Farewell" to Amos Tutuola -- The Works of Janheinz Jahn -- Courting the Hottentot Venus.
Abstract:
"Biographical criticism, by studying the human face behind the text, may thus assist us in the larger task of reading our fellow man. Included among those individuals whose lives and works are examined here are Chinua Achebe, Dennis Brutus, Cyprian Ekwensi, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Wole Soyinka, Amos Tutuola, Janheinz Jahn and Sartjee Baartman."--BOOK JACKET.
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