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Urban obsessions, urban fears: the postcolonial Kenyan novel
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Urban obsessions, urban fears: the postcolonial Kenyan novel

John Roger Kurtz
Africa World Press
1998

Abstract

Cities and towns in literature City and town life in literature Dans la littérature Decolonization in literature Décolonisation Décolonisation dans la littérature Englisch Exode rural Exode rural dans la littérature Histoire Histoire et critique historical Constigencies History and criticism Kenyan fiction (English) Literature and society Littérature et société Postcolonialism Postcolonialism in literature Postcolonialisme Postcolonialisme dans la littérature Roman Roman kenyan (anglais) Roman kényan de langue anglaise Rural-urban migration in literature Stadt Vie urbaine Vie urbaine dans la littérature Villes Villes dans la littérature History Migration
Kurtz's analysis of the development of the Kenyan novel in English emphasizes the historical contingencies affecting the production of literature in Kenya, and how succeeding generations have drawn from and expanded the thematic repertoire established by the "first generation" of works in the 1960s. Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-219) and index.

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