On literary attachment in South Africa : tough love / Michael Chapman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chapman, Michael (Michael J. F.), author.

Series:

Routledge research in postcolonial literatures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South African literature (English)--History and criticism.

South African literature (English).

South African literature--History and criticism.

South African literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

198 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.

Summary:

"This book reflects on the 'literary' in literature. Whether oral expression, Nobel laureates, or the rupturing event, the study adopts a style of intimacy to both its African locality and the wider Anglophone world: the world to which literature in South Africa continues to belong, albeit as a 'problem child'"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

André Brink, Mevrou Sadie, and Me: our crooked-line stories

Bushman Letters/Bushman Literature: usable and unusable pasts

Schreiner's Karoo, Blackburn's Jo'burg: a literary journey, then and now

A School Person in a Red Blanket: the case of S.E.K. Mqhayi

Lewis Nkosi: ambiguities of home and exile

The Potential and Limitations of Symptomatic Criticism: Ruth Miller's poetry

Who Wins a Nobel Prize? Nadine Gordimer, J.M. Coetzee

Who Doesn't Win a Nobel Prize? Gordimer, Coetzee, Bosman, Head

The Power of ...Nelson Mandela: a literary consideration

The Science of Poetry and the Poetry of Science: Douglas Livingstone's uncommon humanity

To Be a Coconut: Kopano Matlwa to the Bard of Avon

#RhodesMustFall!: on literary attachment and the rupturing event.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781032008820

1032008822

9781032064475

1032064471

OCLC:

1240771313