An interrogation of the poetry of Mazisi Kunene that places his work in the context of African literature and the richne......more
Exploring lives lived, written and narrated in and from the Global South, the far South and the ultimate South, Antarcti......more
Exploring lives lived, written and narrated in and from the Global South, the far South and the ultimate South, Antarcti......more
Extending from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century, The Cambridge History of Cuban Literature is the first book ......more
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In what innovative ways do novels by diasporic Black women writers experiment with the representation of Black subjectiv......more
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Grounded in world-systemic analysis, this book revisits the literary and social implications of ’tragedy’ in relation to......more
Focusing on texts from the late 1970s to the 1990s which document both changing attitudes to terminations of pregnancy a......more
Milestones in African Literature offers an accessible guide to ten key moments in African literature. It traces literatu......more
Milestones in African Literature offers an accessible guide to ten key moments in African literature. It traces literatu......more
This book provides an ecocritical analysis of the poetry of the famous Nigerian poet Niyi Osundare. The book interrogate......more
This book investigates the thematic and conceptual dimensions of insidious trauma in contemporary eastern African litera......more
The enormous success of writers such as Teju Cole and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie demonstrates that African literatures are......more
The first English translation of recent poetry by the late Mahmoud Darwish, the most important Palestinian contemporary ......more
Postcolonial Hauntologies is an interdisciplinary and comparative analysis of critical, literary, visual, and performanc......more
An in-depth study of the Festival of India (1985-1986) in the United States, one of the biggest events ever mounted to p......more
An in-depth study of the Festival of India (1985-1986) in the United States, one of the biggest events ever mounted to p......more
Postcolonialism has long been associated with post-nationalism. Yet, the persistence of nation-oriented literatures from......more
First published in 1989, Chronicles of Darkness is about images of Africa seen through the eyes of writers, visitors, re......more
Wolfhart Heinrichs’ Essays and Articles on Arabic Literature: Authors, Semitic Studies, and Islamic Jurisprudence is the......more
Wolfhart Heinrichs’ Essays and Articles on Arabic Literature: General Issues, Terms is the first of two volumes which sh......more
Christianity and the African Counter-Discourse in Achebe and Beti: Cultures in Dialogue, Contest and Conflict intervenes......more
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"The most celebrated writer of verse in the Arab world." -Adam Shatz, The New York Times Poetry from former national poe......more
This book examines the work of Sindiwe Magona, one of South Africa’s most prolific and ground-breaking writers, and argu......more
Examines how current novels dealing with African migration address social issues, immigrant subjectivity, and the politi......more
Looking beyond Euro-Anglo-US centric zombie narratives, Decolonizing the Undead reconsiders representations and allegori......more
This book is a new study of Chinua Achebe’s novels in which they are read as works of literary art, as literary works ar......more
This book examines how Chinua Achebe presented the Igbo-African world in his writing by analyzing his engagement with cr......more
The Routledge Handbook of the New African Diasporic Literature introduces world literature readers to the transnational,......more
Decolonisation can be pursued in different ways. After many years of developing a critical language to engage colonialit......more
Decolonisation can be pursued in different ways. After many years of developing a critical language to engage colonialit......more
From the pen of beloved poet Luci Shaw comes a new collection that celebrates inspired creativity as an antidote to chao......more
Originally published in 1980, this book introduces the student to twelve of the most exciting and significant African au......more
Conversations with Ben Okri collects twenty-six interviews that range from 1986 to 2023 and reflect the international re......more
In moments of acute crisis in the relations between the individual and the state, African writers consistently turn to t......more
It explores the complex of ways in which Ngugi wa Thiong’o wrestles with issues of nationalism and ethnicity through his......more
Written artefacts are traditionally studied because of their content. Material aspects of these artefacts enrich the stu......more
Shame is one of the most frequent underlying emotions expressed throughout sub-Saharan African literature, yet studies o......more
Pertinent modernist tenets such as bureaucracy, the nation state, rationality and dualism are at the heart of racism, an......more
Yέ Gorógoró Yaa: Dagaare Folktales in Parallel Texts is a relevant book on Dagaare oral literature and complements earli......more
Key study on writer and activist Kgositsile that presents a new approach to studying the radicalism of Africa and its di......more
In the past few decades, Western studies of Afrofuturism have grown to encompass examples deriving from multiple sites a......more
This volume explores contemporary African women’s creative writing, highlighting their contributions to ecofeminist theo......more
"Simultaneously transnational and local, poetry in the twenty-first century is produced across digital networks, shaped ......more
"Simultaneously transnational and local, poetry in the twenty-first century is produced across digital networks, shaped ......more
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing......more
Dissident Authorship in Mozambique: the Case of António Quadros is the first monograph on the literary works of the penn......more
er Schwerpunkt des Bandes 51 liegt auf der Analyse einer Reihe literarischer Texte, die sich thematisch und inhaltlich u......more
A trilingual experimental collection bringing together an impressive array of contemporary Arab poets and literary trans......more
On what terms and concepts can we ground the comparative study of Anglophone literatures and cultures around the world t......more
The rapid global spread of populism has become an arresting and often disturbing phenomenon in the opening decades of th......more
This edited volume provides a wide- ranging introduction to the novelistic oeuvre of the prize- winning author Abdulraza......more
This book argues that the novel can enrich the critique of white saviorism while also imagining alternatives....more
This book argues that the novel can enrich the critique of white saviorism while also imagining alternatives....more
The present volume is to date the only comprehensive study of the beginnings of narrative prose writing in South Africa,......more
Interrogates and explores African literature in African languages today, and the continuing interfaces between works in ......more
Informed by a global space animated by various conflicts, this book brings a refreshing perspective on how the disciplin......more
This book is an in-depth study of the category "stranger" as represented in four contemporary Afrodiasporic novels of fe......more
Nadine Gordimer’s Fiction is a major study of the life and writings of Nadine Gordimer, a towering figure in the literar......more
Nadine Gordimer’s Fiction is a major study of the life and writings of Nadine Gordimer, a towering figure in the literar......more
This book compares the Victorian British poet Robert Browning and the twentieth-century Ghanaian poet and novelist Kojo ......more
This collection of essays considers the significance of South African-born writer, activist and thinker Olive Schreiner ......more
This book analyzes the representation and lasting impact of the colonial school and bourgeoise in Francophone sub-Sahara......more
This book reflects on South African literature from the perspective of 2020. It emerges from Duncan Brown’s experiences ......more
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This book presents a long-ranging and in-depth study of South African writing set in London during the apartheid years a......more
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The idea of universalism inherited from the French Revolution has been strongly discredited by its colonial history; tod......more
This book looks at contemporary autobiographical works by writers with African backgrounds in relation to the idea of ’p......more
In this volume Blake Hartung explores the place of the passion and death of Jesus in the writings of Ephrem of Nisibis (......more
Groundbreaking examination of literary production in West African newspapers and local printing presses in the first hal......more
Portrayals of Masculinity in Nigerian Plays explores Nigerian people’s notions of masculinity as portrayed in twelve Nig......more
A selection of luminous, fiercely intelligent verse from Egypt’s premier poet. Iman Mersal is Egypt’s--indeed, the Arab ......more
This book critically explores global challenges from linguistic and literary standpoints aimed at contributing towards t......more
This book explores literary representations of African immigrant experiences in Western countries, against the backdrop ......more
This book considers the key critical interventions on short story writing in South Africa written in English since the y......more
This book chronicles the rise and the development of postcolonial agency since Africa’s encounter with Western modernity......more
This book approaches the study of AfroEurope through narrative forms produced in contemporary France, a location which r......more
The book presents an intertextual and comparative analysis of memories of violence in Peruvian and Congolese Literature.......more
This book demonstrates the insights that literature brings to transdisciplinary urban studies, and particularly to the s......more
This book examines fictional works by women authors who have left their homes in West Africa and now live as members of ......more
J. M. Coetzee - novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and Nobel Laureate in Literature (2003) - is widely recognized ......more
An experiment in reading for water, this book offers students and teachers a toolkit of methods that follow the sensory,......more
The texts that make up postcolonial print cultures are often found outside the archival catalogue, and in lesser-examine......more
Life Under the Baobab Tree: Africana Studies and Religion in a Transitional Age is a compendium of innovating essays met......more
Life Under the Baobab Tree: Africana Studies and Religion in a Transitional Age is a compendium of innovating essays met......more
Compelling memoir of Flora Veit-Wild and her relationship with the Zimbabwean novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist D......more
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