Creating Postcolonial Literature African Writers and British Publish
Using case studies, this book explores the publishing of African literature, addressing the construction of literary value, relationships between African writers and British publishers, and importance of the African market. It analyses the historical, pol
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Creating Postcolonial Literature
10.1057/9781137328380 - Creating Postcolonial Literature, Caroline Davis
10.1057/9781137328380 - Creating Postcolonial Literature, Caroline Davis
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Creating Postcolonial Literature Caroline Davis
10.1057/9781137328380 - Creating Postcolonial Literature, Caroline Davis
Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to McGill University - PalgraveConnect - 2013-05-23
African Writers and British Publishers
© Caroline Davis 2013 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission.
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10.1057/9781137328380 - Creating Postcolonial Literature, Caroline Davis
Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to McGill University - PalgraveConnect - 2013-05-23
No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS.
Contents vi
List of Tables
vii
Acknowledgements
viii
List of Abbreviations
x
Introduction
1
Part I Oxford University Press in Africa, 1927–80 1 The Vision for OUP in Africa
17
2 ‘The Obligation to Be Profitable’: OUP in West Africa
32
3 ‘The Call to Duty’: OUP in East Africa
48
4 Publishing under Apartheid: OUP in South Africa
65
Conclusion to Part I
87
Part II The Three Crowns Series, 1962–76 5 The History of Three Crowns
93
6 Judging African Literature
108
7 Editing Three Crowns
123
8 Publishin
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