| Description |
viii, 250 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Routledge research in postcolonial literatures ; 1
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Routledge research in postcolonial literatures ; 1.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-246) and index. |
| Contents |
Seeing with a third eye -- 'Sacred names into profane spaces' : magical realism -- An endless forest of terrible creatures : magical realism in West Africa -- 'Out of the centre of my forehead, an eye opened' : Ben Okri's The famished road -- 'The plantation blood in his veins' : Syl Cheney-Coker and The last harmattan of Alusine Dunbar -- Intermediate magic and the fiction of B. Kojo Laing -- 'Old Gods, new worlds' : some conclusions. |
| Subject |
West African fiction (English) -- History and criticism.
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West African fiction (English) |
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Cheney-Coker, Syl, 1945- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Cheney-Coker, Syl, 1945- |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Laing, B. Kojo -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Laing, B. Kojo. |
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Okri, Ben -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Okri, Ben. |
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Africa, West -- In literature.
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West Africa. |
| Genre/Form |
Magic realism (Literature)
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| Subject |
Cheney-Coker, Syl -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Laing, B. Kojo, 1946- -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Okri, Ben -- Criticism and interpretation. |
| ISBN |
0415182395 alkaline paper |
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