The lion on the freeway : a thematic introduction to contemporary South African literature in English /
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| Author / Creator: | Sheckels, Theodore F. |
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| Imprint: | New York : P. Lang, 1996. |
| Description: | xxi, 250 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies of world literature in English vol. 5 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2346373 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The Sociopolitical Environment
- 2. Landmarks. The Story of An African Farm / Olive Schreiner. God's Stepchildren / Sarah Gertrude Millin. Mine Boy / Peter Abrahams. Cry, the Beloved Country / Alan Paton
- 3. Loving. When Rain Clouds Gather / Bessie Head. Stories / Ahmed Essop. Have You Seen Zandile? / Gcina Mhlophe, Maralin Varenen and Thembi Mtshali
- 4. Restlessness. The Rain Killers / Alfred Hutchinson. The Marabi Dance / Modikwe Dikobe. Down Second Avenue / Ezekiel Mphahlele
- 5. Suffering. Sounds of a Cowhide Drum / Oswald Mishali. No Baby Must Weep / Mongane Wally Serote. No More Lullabies / Mafika Gwala. Mating Birds / Lewis Nkosi. Egoli: City of Gold / Matsemela Manaka. Letters to Martha / Dennis Brutus. Survival / Workshop '71. Robben Island / D. M. Zwelonke. Pass Me a Meatball, Jones / James Matthews. A Lesson from Aloes / Athol Fugard
- 6. Attacking. My Name is Afrika / Keorapetse Kgositsile. Cry Rage! / James Matthews and Glady Thomas. In the Fog of the Seasons' End / Alex La Guma. Amandla / Miriam Tlali. The Soweto I Love / Sipho Sepamla
- 7. Ignorance. Make Like Slaves / Richard Rive. The Weekenders / Sheila Roberts. Something Out There / Nadine Gordimer
- 8. Guilt. Waiting for the Barbarians / J. M. Coetzee. "Master Harold" . . . and the Boys / Athol Fugard
- 9. Action. Burger's Daughter / Nadine Gordimer. A Dry White Season / AndreĢ Brink
- 10. The Nightmare. In the Heart of the Country / J. M. Coetzee. July's People / Nadine Gordimer
- 11. The Dream. The Ancestors and the Sacred Mountain Poems / Mazisi Kunene. A Sport of Nature / Nadine Gordimer.
