Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

A Routledge Study Guide

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, African, Books & Reading
Cover of the book Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart by David Whittaker, Mpalive-Hangson Msiska, Taylor and Francis
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Author: David Whittaker, Mpalive-Hangson Msiska ISBN: 9781134286478
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: November 8, 2007
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: David Whittaker, Mpalive-Hangson Msiska
ISBN: 9781134286478
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: November 8, 2007
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Offering an insight into African culture that had not been portrayed before, Things Fall Apart is both a tragic and moving story of an individual set in the wider context of the coming of colonialism, as well as a powerful and complex political statement of cross-cultural encounters.

This guide to Chinua Achebe’s compelling novel offers:

  • an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of Things Fall Apart
  • a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present
  • a selection of critical writing on Things Fall Apart, by Abiola Irele, Abdul JanMohamed, Biodun Jeyifo, Florence Stratton and Ato Quayson, providing a variety of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section
  • cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism
  • suggestions for further reading.

Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Things Fall Apart and seeking not only a guide to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Achebe’s text.

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Offering an insight into African culture that had not been portrayed before, Things Fall Apart is both a tragic and moving story of an individual set in the wider context of the coming of colonialism, as well as a powerful and complex political statement of cross-cultural encounters.

This guide to Chinua Achebe’s compelling novel offers:

Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Things Fall Apart and seeking not only a guide to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Achebe’s text.

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