Christopher Heywood

A History of South African Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9780521153782
• ISBN-10: 0521153786
• Artikelnr.: 31189165

Autorenporträt

Christopher Heywood is Honorary Research Fellow in English literature at the University of Sheffield.

Inhaltsangabe

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.