Heroism and the Supernatural in the African Epic

By Mariam Konaté Deme

Book Overview

There exists a strong tendency within Western literary criticism to either deny the existence of epics in Africa or to see African literatures as exotic copies of European originals. In both cases,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138880272
• ISBN13: 9781138880276
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"