Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations) [Library Binding]

Chinua Achebe (Editor), Harold Bloom (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations | Publication Date: December 2001

This volume gathers together some of the best critical essays on Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Written in very straightforward prose, the simplicity of style belies the complexity of the novel in which there are no absolute stereotypes and no easy strategies for separating truth and fiction. This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. These texts presents critical essays that reflect a variety of schools of criticism on the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature. Each volume also contains an introductory essay by Harold Bloom, critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 216 pages
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications (December 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791063364
• ISBN-13: 978-0791063361
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,620,276 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)