A history of South African literature / Christopher Heywood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heywood, Christopher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South African literature--History and criticism.

South African literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a critical study of its subject, from colonial and pre-colonial times to the present. Christopher Heywood discusses selected poems, plays and prose works in five literary traditions. In Christopher Heywood's study, South African literature emerges as among the great literatures of the modern world.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Abbreviations; Literary map of South Africa; CHAPTER 1 Introduction: communities and rites of passage; PART I Towards Sharpeville; PART II Transformation; Notes; Glossary; Select bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p 254-286) and index.

ISBN:

1-316-08489-2

1-280-74986-5

0-511-26510-7

1-78034-026-5

0-511-26582-4

0-511-26354-6

0-511-31751-4

0-511-26435-6

OCLC:

476030488