Chinua Achebe has long been regarded as Africa’s foremost writer. In this major new study, Jago Morrison offers a comprehensive reassessment of his work as an author, broadcaster, editor and political thinker.With new, historically contextualised readings of all of his major works, this is the first study to view Achebe’s oeuvre in its entirety, from Things Fall Apart and the early novels, through the revolutionary Ahiara Declaration – previously attributed to Emeka Ojukwu – to the...

This is the ideal guide for those studying contemporary fiction for the first time. The last twenty-five years have seen an explosion of new developments in the English language novel. Because of its enormous diversity, however, the field of contemporary fiction studies can appear complex and confusing. Jago Morrison's Contemporary Fiction provides a much-needed accessible introduction to the field. He enables readers to navigate the subject by introducing the key areas of debate ...

Since the emergence of Things Fall Apart in 1958, Chinua Achebe has come to be regarded by many as the 'Godfather' of modern African writing. Over 150 full length studies of his work have been published, together with many hundreds of scholarly articles.This Reader's Guide enables students to navigate the rich and bewildering field of Achebe criticism, setting out the key areas of critical debate, the most influential alternative approaches to his work and the controversie...

9/11 is not simple a date on the calendar but marks a distinct historical threshold, ushering in the war on terror, various states of emergency, a supposed “clash of civilizations,” and the putative legitimation of counter-democratic procedures ranging from extraordinary renditions to enhanced interrogation. Perhaps no date, since Virginia Woolf declared that “on or about December 1910 human character changed,” has marked such a singular point in the perception of time, identity and nature...

The Politics of the Common Law offers a critical introduction to the legal system of England and Wales. Unlike other conventional accounts, this revised and updated second edition presents a coherent argument, organised around the central claim that contemporary postcolonial common law must be understood as an articulation of human rights and open justice.The book examines the impact of the European Convention and European Union law on the structures and ideologies of the ...

A Child of the.Jago' is both thriller and condemnation of social conditions in the East End slums at the turn of the century. Boy hero Dicky Perrott is at heart full of humane instinct but his environment ensures his down fall. "It was my fate to encounter a place in Shoreditch where children were born and reared in circumstances which gave them no reasonable chance of living decent lives: where they were born fore-damned to a criminal or semi criminal career. It was my experience to learn...

This novel, first published in 1896, is the story of Dick Perrot, born and bred in the Jago; but it is also a brilliant portrait of the community. The Jago is a London slum where crime and violence are the only way of life, and from which there is no escape for the inhabitants. Only the characters themselves are fictional: Morrison's descriptions of the fearful physical conditions are based directly on what he saw. He conjures up an extraordinarily vivid picture of a world which, even as h...

In "A Child of the Jago," Arthur Morrison presents a gritty and unflinching exploration of life in the impoverished slums of London'Äôs East End during the late 19th century. Through the eyes of young Dicky Perham, Morrison employs a stark, naturalistic style that vividly captures the harsh realities of urban decay, social stratification, and the struggles of childhood amid societal neglect. With its deep psychological insight and vividly drawn characters, the novel serves as a critique of...

In "A Child of the Jago," Arthur George Morrison intricately weaves a compelling narrative that unfolds within the gritty streets of the East End of London, a setting steeped in both urban decay and the complex social fabric of Victorian society. The novel follows the life of young Dicky Perrott, a boy trapped in the cycle of poverty and crime, as he navigates a harsh world filled with vice and desperation. Morrison's vivid and almost documentary-like prose serves to immerse the reader in ...

"A Child of the Jago" follows the life of its protagonist, Dicky Perrott, a young boy born into poverty and crime in the Jago. The narrative typically includes the following elements:Life in the Slums: The novel vividly depicts the harsh realities of life in the Jago, characterized by overcrowded tenements, crime, violence, and desperate poverty.Social Conditions: The story explores the social conditions of the time, highlighting the cycles of poverty and crime that trap residents of the J...

In "A Child of the Jago," Arthur George Morrison crafts a vivid and harrowing narrative set in the impoverished district of the Jago, a fictional representation of London's slums in the late Victorian era. Employing a gritty, naturalistic literary style, Morrison intricately weaves the lives of the impoverished with a focus on social realism, presenting the struggles of the protagonist, a young boy named Dicky Perceval, amidst a backdrop of crime, despair, and the relentless cycle of pover...

A Child of the Jago is an 1896 novel by Arthur Morrison. A bestseller in its time, it recounts the brief life of Dicky Perrott, a child growing up in the "Old Jago", a fictionalisation of the Old Nichol, a slum located between Shoreditch High Street and Bethnal Green Road in the East End of London. The late nineteenth century English novelist George Gissing, who read the novel on Christmas Day 1896, felt that it was "poor stuff".Arthur Geor...