On the Sacred in African Literature
Old Gods and New Worlds| By: | M. Mathuray |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Print ISBN: | 9780230577558 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780230240919 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2009 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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This innovative book provides an original approach to the analysis of the representation of myth, ritual, and 'magic' in African literature. Emphasizing the ambivalent nature of the sacred, it advances work on the religious dimension of canonical African texts and attends to the persistence of pre-colonial cultures in postcolonial spaces.