Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Volume 17, Issue 2 (1978)

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Africa

A bibliography of modern Nigerian drama in English
A. Olu Ashaolu
Pages: 372-421
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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“On the carpet”: Literary interviews in Nairobi's Sunday Nation
Bernth Lindfors
Pages: 422-426
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Conversations with Bessie
Betty McGinnis Fradkin
Pages: 427-434
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Article
Wole Soyinka's Season of Anomy
Eustace Taiwo Palmer
Pages: 435-449
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Review Article
Edgar Wright, ed. The critical evaluation of African literature. Washington: Inscape publishers, 1976
Cecil A. Abrahams
Pages: 450-452
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Chinua Achebe. Morning yet on creation day: Essays. Garden city, New York: Doubleday, 1975; and Wole Soyinka. Myth, literature and the African world. Cambridge: Cambridge university press, 1976
David Dorsey
Pages: 453-460
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Hans M. Zell, ed. The African book world and press directory/repertoire du livre et de la presse en a frique. Oxford: Hans Zell publishers; detroit: Gale publishing Co., 1977
Bernth Lindfors
Pages: 461-462
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Ursula A. Barnett. Ezekiel Mphahlele. New York: Twayne publishers, Inc., 1976
William D. Elliott
Pages: 463-464
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Reviews

Review Article
Geoffrey Haresnape. Drive of the tide. Capetown: Maskew Miller, 1976
John F. Povey
Pages: 465-468
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Australia

Article
Poetry: Primitive, paroxysmal, and even Jindyworobak
Brian Elliott
Pages: 469-487
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Original Articles

Article
Cultural symbolism in Robbery Under Arms
Jerome H. Rosenberg
Pages: 488-504
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Canada

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Michael Ondaatje. Coming through slaughter. New York: W. W. Norton & company, Inc., 1976
David Ledel
Pages: 505-506
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Review Article
Leo Simpson. The lady and the travelling salesman. Ed. Henry Imbleau. Ottawa: University of Ottawa press, 1976
Diana Brydon
Pages: 507-508
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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India

Adil Jussa Walla interviewed by Peter Nazareth
Peter Nazareth
Pages: 509-534
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Review Article
Adil Jussawalla. Missing person. Gieve Patel. How do you withstand, body. Arun Kolatkar. Jejuri. Arvind Krishna Mehrotra. Nine enclosures. Bombay: Clearing house, 1976
Tom Ryan
Pages: 535-544
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Review Article
A. K. Ramanujan. Selected poems. Delhi: Oxford university press, 1976
Vrinda Nabar
Pages: 545-547
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Review Article
Anita Desai. Fire on the mountain. New York: Harper & Row, 1977
Ann Lowry Weir
Pages: 548-550
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Review Article
S. B. Capoor. A woman's tears and other stories. New Delhi: Sterling, 1977
Roshni Rustomji
Pages: 551-553
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Reviews

Review Article
Bharati Mukherjee. Wife. New Delhi: Sterling publishers, 1976
Judith H. McDowell
Pages: 554-555
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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India

Review Article
Chaman Nahal. Into another dawn. New Delhi: Sterling publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1977
Krishna Mohan
Pages: 556-561
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Review Article
Prabhu S. Guptara. Beginnings. Calcutta: A writers workshop redbird book, 1975
Roshni Rustomji
Pages: 562-564
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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New Zealand

A brief biography of Janet Frame
John B. Beston
Pages: 565-569
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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A bibliography of Janet Frame
John B. Beston
Pages: 570-585
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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New Zealand notes
Peter Alcock
Pages: 586-592
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Miscellany

Transformations in New Zealand poetry—And a note on one poet
Peter Alcock
Pages: 593-597
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Singapore

Review Article
Edwin Thumboo. Gods can die. Singapore: Heinemann, 1977
“A people's poet”
Kirpal Singh
Pages: 598-603
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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South Pacific

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Contemporary literature from the south pacific
Nigel Krauth
Pages: 604-645
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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West Indies

Two uses of Irony: V. S. Naipaul's the mystic masseur and R. K. Narayan's the guide
M. K. Naik
Pages: 646-655
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Review Article
Roy Heath. The murderer. London: Allison and Busby, 1978
Wilson Harris
Pages: 656-658
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Review Article
Lloyd Brown. West Indian poetry. Boston: Twayne, 1978
Terry Goldie
Pages: 659-660
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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World English

Review Article
Bruce King, ed. Literatures of the world in English. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1974
Chris Tiffin
Pages: 661-662
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Review Article
John H. Ferres and Martin Tucker, eds. Modern commonwealth literature: A library of literary criticism. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1977; Michael Popkin, ed. Modern black writers: A library of literary criticism. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1977
Richard Priebe
Pages: 663-664
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Notes
Peter Alcock & Michel Febre
Pages: 665-680
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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Miscellany

Editorial board
Pages: ebi-ebii
Published online: 18 Jul 2008
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