Donald R Wehrs: 3 books
Pre-Colonial Africa in Colonial African Narratives
From Ethiopia Unbound to Things Fall Apart, 1911–1958
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
In his study of the origins of political reflection in twentieth-century African fiction, Donald Wehrs examines a neglected but important body of African texts written in colonial (English and French) and indigenous (Hausa and Yoruba) languages. He explores pioneering narrative representations of...
Swiftly Sterneward
Essays on Laurence Sterne and His Times in Honor of Melvyn New
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
These thirteen essays have been collected to honor Melvyn New, professor emeritus (Florida), and are prefaced by a description of his scholarly career of more than forty years. Suggesting the wide range of that career, the first eight essays offer various critical perspectives on a diverse group of...
Sterne, Tristram, Yorick
Tercentenary Essays on Laurence Sterne
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
Sterne, Tristram, Yorick: Tercentenary Essays on Laurence Sterne derives from the Laurence Sterne Tercentenary Conference held at Royal Holloway, University of London, on July 8–11, 2013. It was attended by some eighty scholars from fourteen countries; the conference heard more than sixty papers....