Shaken wisdom : irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction / Gloria Nne Onyeoziri.
Onyeoziri, Gloria Nne.
2011
PQ3989.2.K58 Z79 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
Shaken wisdom : irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction / Gloria Nne Onyeoziri.
Author
Onyeoziri, Gloria Nne.
ISBN
9780813931876 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813931878 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813931869 (alk. paper)
081393186X (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
178 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
PQ3989.2.K58 Z79 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
820.9/960904
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Calixthe Beyala: new conceptions of the ironic voice
Conclusion: when the handshake has become another thing.

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