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Chinua Achebe

Novelist, Poet, Critic

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  • © 1990
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Authors:
  1. David Carroll

    1. University of Lancaster, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • David Carroll
    Pages 1-31

  3. Things Fall Apart

    • David Carroll
    Pages 32-61

  4. No Longer at Ease

    • David Carroll
    Pages 62-85

  5. Arrow of God

    • David Carroll
    Pages 86-118

  6. A Man of the People

    • David Carroll
    Pages 119-145

  7. Short Stories and Poetry

    • David Carroll
    Pages 146-166

  8. Anthills of the Savannah

    • David Carroll
    Pages 167-185

  9. Conclusion

    • David Carroll
    Pages 186-195

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 196-204
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About this book

This is a revised edition of Chinua Achebe (1980), a critical study of the most widely known African writer, which now incorporates a discussion of his most recent work, including his major new novel, Anthills of the Savannah. The study examines the context in which he writes - that complex intermingling of his own Igbo society and European colonialism - before undertaking a critical discussion of the five main novels, his poetry and short stories. Throughout, there is an underlying concern with Achebe's system of values and the pressure on them through periods of colonialism, independence, political disillusionment and civil war. The author, finally, seeks to relate Achebe's career to the role of the African writer, a subject on which the novelist has written at length.

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  • University of Lancaster, UK

    David Carroll

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