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OverviewNation, Power and Dissidence in Third Generation Nigerian Poetry in English is a theoretical and analytical survey of the poetry that emerged in Nigeria in the 1980s. Hurt into poetry, the poets collectively raise aesthetics of resistance that dramatises the nationalist imagination bridging the gap between poetry and politics in Nigeria. The emerging generation of poetic voices raises an outcry against the repressive military regimes of the 1980s and 1990s. Ingrained in the tradition of protestliterature in Africa, the third??generation poetry is presented here as part of the cultural struggles that unseat military despotism and envisage a democratic society. Not only does Egya place emphasis on the poetryAEs interaction with the culture and history of military oppression in Nigeria ?? an interaction that sees the poetry not only feeding from the history but also feeding it; he also contextualises the generational consciousness of these poets. Scholars of Nigerian literature, Africanliterature, and researchers interested in world literatures will welcome Nation, Power and Dissidence in Third Generation Nigerian Poetry in English as an invaluable contribution to indigenous knowledge, critical studies in Africa, and the rehabilitation and production of an African aesthetic. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sule E. EgyaPublisher: Unisa Press Imprint: Unisa Press Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9781868887590ISBN 10: 1868887596 Pages: 186 Publication Date: 01 June 2014 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements vii Chapter One Introduction 1 Chapter Two The Question of Generation 13 Literary Tradition, Influence, Anxiety Chapter Three Poetics and Subjectivity; Making Poetry Serve Humanity 36 Afam Akeh; This is poetry as she breathes Abubakar Othman: Wordsworth Lied Chapter Four Dissident Dirge: Elegy Against the Oppressor 63 Olu Oguibe: I am Bound to this Land by Blood Chiedu Ezeanah: I Saw Generals Hack the Tracks with Convulsive Steel Chapter Five Myth and Materialism: Deploying Myth against the Myth of Power 83 Maik Nwosu; I am taunted by covenants of misery Onookome Okome: Everything smells of the death of dawn Chapter Six Feminist Act: Feminising the Struggle Against the Oppressor 105 Toyin Adewale: In this Land We Love with Pain Unoma Azuah: I will defy the rage of the rain and erode no more; Chapter Seven Eco-Human Engagement; Facing the Oppressor over the Niger Delta 129 Nnimmo Bassey: Of Burst Bellies and Pipes Ogaga Ifowodo; Oil Is My Curse Chapter Eight Conclusion; Exile and the Trope of Dispersal; Works Cited.ReviewsAuthor InformationDr Sule E. Egya is Associate Professor in the Department of English, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Nigeria. His research interests include the intersection of literature and politics in Africa, feminism, cultural studies, and ecocriticism. He is the author of Poetics of Rage: A Reading of Remi RajiAEs Poetry, The Writings of Zaynab Alkali , and In Their Voices and Visions: Conversations with New Nigerian Writers . He is also a creative writer. His novel Sterile Sky won the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize for the Africa Region. His poetry volumes include aeWhat the Sea Told MeAE (winner of the ANA Gabriel Okara Prize), aeNaked SunAE, and aeKning TonguesAE. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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