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An authoritative and comprehensive guide to poetry throughout the world The Princeton Handbook of World Poetries—drawn from the latest edition of the acclaimed Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics—provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the history and practice of poetry in more than 100 major regional, national, and diasporic literatures and language traditions around the globe. With more than 165 entries, the book combines broad overviews and focused accounts to give extensive coverage of poetic traditions throughout the world. For students, teachers, researchers, poets, and other readers, it supplies a one-of-a-kind resource, offering in-depth treatment of Indo-Eu...
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Columbia's guides to postwar African literature paint a unique portrait of the continent's rich and diverse literary traditions. This volume examines the rapid rise and growth of modern literature in the three postcolonial nations of Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia. It tracks the multiple political and economic pressures that have shaped Central African writing since the end of World War II and reveals its authors' heroic efforts to keep their literary traditions alive in the face of extreme poverty and AIDS. Adrian Roscoe begins with a list of key political events. Since writers were composing within both colonial and postcolonial contexts, he pays particular attention to the nature of British...
"...REWARDING READING [FOR] THE ACUITY OF ITS CRITICAL PERCEPTIONS & ITS ELEGANCE IN DICTION & STYLE."-WORLD LITERATURE TODAY. The first extended analysis of the poets & poetry of the Malawi region, QUIET CHAMELEON begins by tracing the development of verse in the area--both written & oral--& places it within a larger framework of African literature, politics & culture, from Zambia to Zimbabwe. Separate discussions devoted to the lives & workd of Jack Mapanje, Steve Chim-ombo, Felix Mnthali, Frank Chipasula & Edison Mpina, reveal a striking range of personal & literary styles. Close scrutiny of key texts identifies the distinctive themes, motifs & strategies of each writer's oeuvre. The textual analysis is complimented by descriptions of the men themselves, their careers to date & their critical reception--reflecting the varied influences of personal & political experience on literary development. (NEW PERSPECTIVES ON AFRICAN LITERATURE, 2)