Previous studies of African poetry have tended to concentrate either on its political content or on its relationship to various European schools. This book examines West African poetry in English and French against the background of oral poetry in the vernacular. Do the roots of such poetry lie in Africa or in Europe? In committing their work to writing, do poets lose more than they gain? Can the immediacy of oral performance ever be recovered? Robert Fraser's account of two centuries of West African verse examines its ...
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Previous studies of African poetry have tended to concentrate either on its political content or on its relationship to various European schools. This book examines West African poetry in English and French against the background of oral poetry in the vernacular. Do the roots of such poetry lie in Africa or in Europe? In committing their work to writing, do poets lose more than they gain? Can the immediacy of oral performance ever be recovered? Robert Fraser's account of two centuries of West African verse examines its subjugation to a succession of international styles: from the heroic couplet to the austerity of experimental Modernism. Successive chapters take us through the N???gritude movement and the emergence of anglophone free verse in the 1950s to the rediscovery in recent years of the neglected springs of orality, which is the subject of the concluding chapter.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN: 9780521312233.
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Very good. Very Good++ Unread trade paperback, Stated First pb edition, with colophon, History of W. African Poetry. Ships Pronto. Cover near perfect, clean, almost no shelf wear, as shown. Pages lightly tanned, but otherwise perfect, clean, unmarked. Tanning of end blocks. Cambridge University Press; Sept. 1986. Text is Free of Markings. Pages tight in strong, square binding. Real nice copy. Cover is as pictured. No creases on cover or pages. Spine has NO creases. Expedited shipping is available to come via Priority Mail within U.S.A. No creases. West African Poetry: A Critical History, 1978 1st edition [Paperback] by Robert Fraser ISBN: 052131223X. Deals with post WW2 anglo-and francophone poets mostly, but explores the indigenous oral and vernacular traditions. 603w x 8.9 x 1.1 inches [15.3 x 22.7 x 2.8 cm.]. x+351 pages, including sources & suggested readings and index. I wrap to protect with cardboard, ship daily, guarantee, track. [H0197, B60].
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