A spirit of dialogue : incarnations of Ọgbañje, the born-to-die, in African American literature / Christopher N. Okonkwo.

Author/creator Okonkwo, Christopher N.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoKnoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxxv, 266 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
American literature--African American authors. --History and criticism.
English literature--20th century. --History and criticism.
Myth in literature.
Mourning customs in literature.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
African Americans in literature.
Death in literature.

Contents Introduction: an aesthetic (re)mark on the spirit child -- Ọgbañje and Àbíkú: contexts, conceptualizations, and two West African literary archetypes -- Chinua Achebe, the neo-slave narrative, the nationalist aesthetic, and African American (re)visions of the spirit child -- Of power, protest, and revolution: wild seed and mind of my mind -- Binary nativity, subjectivity, and the wages of (in)fidelity to "origins": The between -- Mediating character, theme, and narration: "Ọgbañje" as hermeneutics in The cattle killing -- Sula, Beloved, and the constructive synchrony of good and evil -- Epilogue: this blues called Ọgbañje.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [211]-239) and index.
LCCN 2007038322
ISBN9781572336155 (hardcover)
ISBN1572336153 (hardcover)

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Joyner General Stacks PS153.B53 O38 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold