A spirit of dialogue: incarnations of Ogbanje, the born-to-die, in African American literature
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Knoxville, Tenn.
The University of Tennessee Press
[2008]
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Blacks
/ Literature
/ Animism (Motif)
/ Death (Motif)
B Nigeria / Literature / Animism (Motif) / Death (Motif) |
| Further subjects: | B
English literature 20th century
History and criticism
B English literature History and criticism 20th century B Myth in literature B Mourning customs in literature B African Americans Intellectual life B African Americans in literature B American literature African American authors History and criticism B Death in literature |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Introduction: an aesthetic (re)mark on the spirit child -- Ogbanje and Abiku: contexts, conceptualizations, and two West African literary archetypes -- Chinua Achebe, the (neo)slave narrative, the nationalist aesthetic, and African American (re)visions of the spirit child -- Of power, protest, and revolution: wild seed and mind of my mind -- Binary nativity, subjectivity, and the wages of (in)fidelity to "origins": The between -- Mediating character, theme, and narration: "Ogbanje" as hermeneutics in the cattle killing -- Sula, Beloved, and the constructive synchrony of good and evil -- Epilogue: this blues called Ogbanje |
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| ISBN: | 1572336153 |