{"product_id":"gabriel-okara-collected-poems","title":"Gabriel Okara: Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Gabriel Okara\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: University of Nebraska Press (2016)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGabriel Okara, a prize-winning author whose literary career spans six decades, is rightly hailed as the elder statesman of Nigerian literature. The first Modernist poet of anglophone Africa, he is best known for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fisherman’s Invocation\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1978), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dreamer, His Vision\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2005), and for his early experimental novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Voice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1964).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArranged in six sections, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGabriel Okara: Collected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e includes the poet’s earliest lyric verse along with poems written in response to Nigeria’s war years; literary tributes and elegies to fellow poets, activists, and loved ones long dead; and recent dramatic and narrative poems. The introduction by Brenda Marie Osbey contextualizes Okara’s work in the history of Nigerian, African, and English language literatures. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGabriel Okara: Collected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is at once a treasure for those long in search of a single authoritative edition and a revelation and timely introduction for readers new to the work of one of Africa’s most revered poets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44030107877475,"sku":"9780803286870","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/8655\/1139\/files\/okara.jpg?v=1772325492","url":"https:\/\/woodlandpatternbookcenter.com\/products\/gabriel-okara-collected-poems","provider":"Woodland Pattern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}