Perceptions of pain : Narratives of hurt and healing in contemporary African literature

This research examines representations of pain in literature from West and Southern Africa, written in English and French. Exploring how and why African novelists tell stories of suffering in their autobiographical and fictional writing, I consider the aesthetic and ethical issues surrounding such e...

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Main Author: Norridge, Zoe Cecilia
Published: SOAS, University of London 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.500143