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The comic imagination in modern African literature and cinema : a poetics of laughter
- Title
- The comic imagination in modern African literature and cinema : a poetics of laughter / Maik Nwosu.
- Author
- Nwosu, Maik
- Publication
- New York ; London : Routlege, 2016.
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Details
- Description
- 147 pages; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 62
- Uniform Title
- Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 62.
- Subjects
- African literature (English)
- Comedy films
- African literature (French)
- African wit and humor
- African wit and humor > History and criticism
- Black author
- 1900-1999
- African literature (English) > 20th century > History and criticism
- Comic, The, in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Comedy films > Nigeria > History and criticism
- African literature (French) > 20th century > History and criticism
- Nigeria
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-139) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Exploring the African Comic Imagination -- The Flaming Masquerade and Comic Simplicitas -- The Wilderness Paradox and Comic Magnitude -- Dramatic Poetry and Comic Synthesis -- Nollywood Cinema and the Semiotics of Laughter -- Conclusion: Renewing the Poetics of Laughter.
- Call Number
- Sc E 16-387
- ISBN
- 9781138942660 (hardcover)
- 1138942669 (hardcover)
- 9781315673028 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015039778
- OCLC
- 930786173
- Author
- Nwosu, Maik, author.
- Title
- The comic imagination in modern African literature and cinema : a poetics of laughter / Maik Nwosu.
- Publisher
- New York ; London : Routlege, 2016.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 62Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 62.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-139) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 16-387