A history of South African literature /

A history of South African literature /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Heywood, Christopher.
Imprint:	New York [N.Y.] : Cambridge University Press, 2004 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2011.)
Description:	1 online resource (19 entries) : 2 images, digital files.
Language:	English
Subject:	South African literature -- History and criticism. South African literature. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9845769

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ISBN:	9781780340265 (online) 9780521554855 (print) 0521554853 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. Also available in print version. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Description based on title page of print version.
Summary:	A critical study of South African literature, from colonial and pre-colonial times onwards.
Other form:	Print version: 0521554853 9780521554855 xiv, 296 p. : map

Table of Contents:

Communities and rites of passage
I: Towards Sharpeville
Poetry before Sharpeville: singing, protest, writing
Theatre before Fugard
Prose classics: Schreiner to Mofolo
Fiction of resistance and protest: Bosman to Mphahlele
II: Transformation
Poetry after Sharpeville
Theatre: Fugard to Mda
Novels and stories after 1960.