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A History of South African Literature

Autor Christopher Heywood
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 iun 2010
This book is a critical study of South African literature, from colonial and pre-colonial times onwards. Christopher Heywood discusses selected poems, plays and prose works in five literary traditions: Khoisan, Nguni-Sotho, Afrikaans, English, and Indian. The discussion includes over 100 authors and selected works, including poets from Mqhayi, Marais and Campbell to Butler, Serote and Krog, theatre writers from Boniface and Black to Fugard and Mda, and fiction writers from Schreiner and Plaatje to Bessie Head and the Nobel prizewinners Gordimer and Coetzee. The literature is explored in the setting of crises leading to the formation of modern South Africa, notably the rise and fall of the Emperor Shaka's Zulu kingdom, the Colenso crisis, industrialisation, the colonial and post-colonial wars of 1899, 1914, and 1939, and the dissolution of apartheid society. In Heywood's study, South African literature emerges as among the great literatures of the modern world.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521153782
ISBN-10: 0521153786
Pagini: 314
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; List of abbreviations; Literary map of South Africa; 1. Introduction: communities and rites of passage; Part I. Towards Sharpeville: 2. Poetry before Sharpeville: singing, protest, writing; 3. Theatre before Fugard; 4. Prose classics: Schreiner to Mofolo; 5. Fiction of resistance and protest: Bosman to Mphahlele; Part II. Transformation: 6. Poetry after Sharpeville; 7. Theatre: Fugard to Mda; 8. Novels and stories after 1960; Notes; Glossary; Select bibliography; Index.

Recenzii

Review of the hardback: 'South Africa's rich and complex literary history comes to life in this comprehensive account. … historical breadth gives the book an impressive authority.' The Times Literary Supplement
Review of the hardback: 'Heywood delivers a most readable, even penetrating summary of South African writing, from ancient Khoisan folktales …' South African Historical Journal

Descriere

This book is a critical study of South African literature, from colonial and pre-colonial times onwards.