Lexington Books
Pages: 254
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Trim: 6½ x 9¼
978-0-7391-9272-6 • Hardback • October 2014 • $129.00 • (£99.00)
978-0-7391-9273-3 • eBook • October 2014 • $122.50 • (£95.00)
Emmanuel Fru Doh, a native of Cameroon, is professor in the Department of English at Century College.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEDICATION
PREFACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION: THE EMERGENCE OF A “NATION”
CHAPTER TWO. ORAL LITERATURE IN ANGLOPHONE-CAMEROON
CHAPTER THREE. PROSE: THE NOVEL AND THE IMPACT OF COLONIZATION
CHAPTER FOUR. THEATRE, NATIONHOOD, AND THE QUESTION OF INDEPENDENCE
CHAPTER FIVE. POETRY AND THE REPUBLIC
CHAPTER SIX. CONCLUSION
WORKS CITED
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A noted Cameroonian poet, novelist, and memoirist, Doh explains in his preface that he began this book in the early 1990s, when the need for a solid body of criticism on Cameroon literature in English was even greater than it is now. . . .Doh provides commentary on six novels, six plays, and six collections of poetry.
— Choice Reviews