Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe by Jago Morrison, published by Manchester University Press in November 2014, is a significant study that reassesses the contributions of one of Africa’s foremost writers. This 272-page edition presents a comprehensive examination of Achebe’s work as an author, broadcaster, editor, and political thinker, offering new readings of his major texts, including Things Fall Apart and The Education of a British Educated Child.
Readers will find that Morrison’s analysis contextualizes Achebe’s oeuvre within historical frameworks, challenging previous interpretations that simplify his alignment with nationalist movements. The book delves into Achebe’s complex identity and presents a nuanced view of his literary and political engagements. This critical work is aimed at scholars and students interested in literary criticism and African literature, providing insights into Achebe’s multifaceted contributions to the literary landscape.
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Chinua Achebe has long been regarded as Africa’s foremost writer. In this major new study, Jago Morrison offers a comprehensive reassessment of his work as an author, broadcaster, editor and political thinker.
With new, historically contextualised readings of all of his major works, this is the first study to view Achebe’s oeuvre in its entirety, from Things Fall Apart and the early novels, through the revolutionary Ahiara Declaration – previously attributed to Emeka Ojukwu – to the revealing final works The Education of a British Educated Child and There Was a Country. Contesting previous interpretations which align Achebe too easily with this or that nationalist programme, the book reveals Achebe as a much more troubled figure than critics have habitually assumed.
Authoritative and wide-ranging, this book will be essential reading for scholars and students of Achebe’s work in the twenty-first century.
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