Previous page | New search |
The free AfricaBib App for Android is available here
Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Anomy and beyond: Nigeria's civil war in literature |
Author: | Feuser, Willfried F. |
Year: | 1984 |
Periodical: | Cultures et développement |
Volume: | 16 |
Issue: | 3-4 |
Pages: | 733-820 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | civil wars Nigerian-Biafran War literature (form) |
Abstract: | The author examines the abundant and varied literature on the Biafran war. This literature contains the reactions of some writers with regard to the civil war and those who fought this war. The literary products, which appeared notably from 1967 until 1970, include several genres: epics, key novels, novels, chronics, discourses, compositions, biographies, poetry. Sections: The legacy of history; Fictionalized history vs. parables of the absurd; Retrospect and prospect. - Notes. |