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A history of South African literature / Christopher Heywood.

A history of South African literature / Christopher Hey...

A history of South African literature / Christopher Heywood.

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A history of South African literature / Christopher Heywood.

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Full title

A history of South African literature / Christopher Heywood.

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Publisher

New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Date

2004.

Call Numbers

N809.8968/1

Record Identifier

74VKPLDAlo6d

MMS ID

991019636799702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xiv, 296 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.

Contents

1. Introduction : communities and rites of passage -- 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 -- 6. Poetry after Sharpeville -- 7. Theatre : Fugard to...

Publication information

Publisher

New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

2004.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

In Heywood's magisterial study, South African literature emerges as among the great literatures of the modern world."--BOOK JACKET....

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Full title

A history of South African literature / Christopher Heywood.

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General note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Call Numbers

N809.8968/1

Record Identifier

74VKPLDAlo6d

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKPLDAlo6d

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ISBN

052161595X (African ed.)

9780521554855 (hbk.)

0521554853 (hbk.)

DDC

809.8968

MMS ID

991019636799702626

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