Imagined states : law and literature in Nigeria, 1900-1966 /
Katherine Isobel Baxter.
- 1 online resource (viii, 205 pages).
- Edinburgh critical studies in law, literature and the humanities Edinburgh scholarship online .
- Edinburgh critical studies in law, literature and the humanities. Edinburgh scholarship online. .
Previously issued in print: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Imagined States' examines representations of the law in British and Nigerian high-brow, middle-brow and popular fiction and journalism. It reads works by Chinua Achebe, Joyce Cary, Cyprian Ekwensi and Edgar Wallace, together with a range of Nigerian market literature and journalism.
Specialized.
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Nigerian literature--History and criticism. Law in literature. Literature. Literature: history & criticism.