RT Book
T1 A spirit of dialogue: incarnations of Ogbanje, the born-to-die, in African American literature
A1 Okonkwo, Christopher N.
LA English
PP Knoxville, Tenn.
PB The University of Tennessee Press
YR 2008
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1645332322
NO Includes bibliographical references and index. - Introduction: an aesthetic (re)mark on the spirit child -- Ogbanje and Abiku: 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: "Ogbanje" as hermeneutics in the cattle killing -- Sula, Beloved, and the constructive synchrony of good and evil -- Epilogue: this blues called Ogbanje
CN PS153.N5
SN 9781572336155
SN 1572336153
K1 American literature : African American authors : History and criticism
K1 English literature : History and criticism : 20th century
K1 African Americans : Intellectual life
K1 English literature : 20th century : History and criticism
K1 Myth in literature
K1 Mourning customs in literature
K1 African Americans in literature
K1 Death in literature