The Literary History of the Igbo Novel

This book looks at the trends in the development of the Igbo novel from its antecedents in oral performance, through the emergence of the first published novel, Omenuko, in 1933 by Pita Nwana, to the contemporary Igbo novel. Defining "Igbo literature" as literature in Igbo language, and "Igbo nov...

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Main Author:	Emenyonu, Ernest N.
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Routledge 2020
Subjects:	Literary Criticism African thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
Online Access:	OCN: 1140387103
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