Author: William Plomer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Turbott Wolfe [by] William Plomer. With an Introd. by Laurens Van Der Post
Author: William Plomer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Turbott Wolfe
Author: William Plomer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Turbott Wolfe ... With an introduction by Laurens van der Post. [With a portrait.].
Author: William Plomer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 215
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 215
Book Description
Turbott Wolfe
Author: William Plomer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Turbott Wolfe
Author: William Plomer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Miscegenation
Languages : de
Pages : 308
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ISBN:
Category : Miscegenation
Languages : de
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Rock Rabbit and the Rainbow
Author: Laurens Van der Post
Publisher: Daimon
ISBN: 3856305408
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Sir Laurens van der Post, author, film-maker, storyteller of world-wide renown, soldier, prisoner of war, political advisor to heads of state, humanitarian, explorer, conservationist... the list goes on and on. His extraordinary curiosity, his love for the small and the great, and his tremendous feeling and concern for his surroundings and all that they included, set him travelling the lands and the waters of the world, a messenger in search of meaning. He touched and inspired many along the way, some of whom are to be found in the pages of this book. A true man of his time, Sir Laurens was born in 1906 in the interior of South Africa, served in the British forces during World War II, including three-and-a-half years in Japanese captivity, and lived and worked since that time in London, where he died just after celebrating his 90th birthday in December, 1996. 'The Rock Rabbit and The Rainbow' was originally conceived as a Festschrift, or gift collection of writings, for Sir Laurens by several of his friends and then evolved into its present form, which includes numerous original contributions by Sir Laurens himself.
Publisher: Daimon
ISBN: 3856305408
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Sir Laurens van der Post, author, film-maker, storyteller of world-wide renown, soldier, prisoner of war, political advisor to heads of state, humanitarian, explorer, conservationist... the list goes on and on. His extraordinary curiosity, his love for the small and the great, and his tremendous feeling and concern for his surroundings and all that they included, set him travelling the lands and the waters of the world, a messenger in search of meaning. He touched and inspired many along the way, some of whom are to be found in the pages of this book. A true man of his time, Sir Laurens was born in 1906 in the interior of South Africa, served in the British forces during World War II, including three-and-a-half years in Japanese captivity, and lived and worked since that time in London, where he died just after celebrating his 90th birthday in December, 1996. 'The Rock Rabbit and The Rainbow' was originally conceived as a Festschrift, or gift collection of writings, for Sir Laurens by several of his friends and then evolved into its present form, which includes numerous original contributions by Sir Laurens himself.
Turbott Wolfe
Author: William Plomer
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192818904
Category : Merchants
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
A record of a struggle against the forces of prejudice and fear, Turbott Wolfe is a landmark in both English and South African literature which remains timely today. Published in 1925, the wide critical attention it attracted in England was matched by the political controversy it caused in South Africa.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192818904
Category : Merchants
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
A record of a struggle against the forces of prejudice and fear, Turbott Wolfe is a landmark in both English and South African literature which remains timely today. Published in 1925, the wide critical attention it attracted in England was matched by the political controversy it caused in South Africa.
The Autobiography of William Plomer
Author: William Plomer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Chronicles of Darkness
Author: David Ward
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040087396
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
First published in 1989, Chronicles of Darkness is about images of Africa seen through the eyes of writers, visitors, residents, and native-born. They range from Joseph Conrad and Olive Schreiner, through Laurens van der Post, Karen Blixen and Evelyn Waugh, to more recent writers like Nadine Gordimer, Andre Brink and J.M. Coetzee. Such writers have frequently been faced with feelings of alienation, marginality, exile, self-consciousness, and egoism. It is only in this sense- that the eyes which see are shadowed and troubled- that Africa is a ‘dark continent’ and that these writings are ‘chronicles of darkness’. In some cases, Africa, even if merely a backdrop painted in crude and garish colors, becomes a way of revealing or admitting something about ‘Europe’ which might be concealed when a writer performs in a different theatre. This is an interesting read for scholars and researchers of English literature and African studies.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040087396
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
First published in 1989, Chronicles of Darkness is about images of Africa seen through the eyes of writers, visitors, residents, and native-born. They range from Joseph Conrad and Olive Schreiner, through Laurens van der Post, Karen Blixen and Evelyn Waugh, to more recent writers like Nadine Gordimer, Andre Brink and J.M. Coetzee. Such writers have frequently been faced with feelings of alienation, marginality, exile, self-consciousness, and egoism. It is only in this sense- that the eyes which see are shadowed and troubled- that Africa is a ‘dark continent’ and that these writings are ‘chronicles of darkness’. In some cases, Africa, even if merely a backdrop painted in crude and garish colors, becomes a way of revealing or admitting something about ‘Europe’ which might be concealed when a writer performs in a different theatre. This is an interesting read for scholars and researchers of English literature and African studies.
Voices of Justice and Reason
Author: Geoffrey V. Davis
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042008366
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Over the past fifty years transformations of great moment have taken place in South Africa. Apartheid and the subsequent transition to a democratic, non-racial society in particular have exercised a profound effect on the practice of literature. This study traces the development of literature under apartheid, then seeks to identify the ways in which writers and theatre practitioners are now facing the challenges of a new social order. The main focus is on the work of black writers, prime among them Matsemela Manaka, Mtutuzeli Matshoba and Richard Rive, who, as politically committed members of the oppressed majority, bore witness to the "black experience" through their writing. Despite the draconian censorship system they were able to address the social problems caused by racial discrimination in all areas of life, particularly through forced removals, the migrant labour system, and the creation of the homelands. Their writing may be read both as a comprehensive record of everyday life under apartheid and as an alternative cultural history of South Africa. Particular attention is paid to theatre as a barometer of social change in South Africa. The concluding chapters consider how in the current period of transition writers and arts institutions have set about reassessing their priorities, redefining their function and seeking new aesthetic directions in taking up the challenge of imagining a new society.
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042008366
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Over the past fifty years transformations of great moment have taken place in South Africa. Apartheid and the subsequent transition to a democratic, non-racial society in particular have exercised a profound effect on the practice of literature. This study traces the development of literature under apartheid, then seeks to identify the ways in which writers and theatre practitioners are now facing the challenges of a new social order. The main focus is on the work of black writers, prime among them Matsemela Manaka, Mtutuzeli Matshoba and Richard Rive, who, as politically committed members of the oppressed majority, bore witness to the "black experience" through their writing. Despite the draconian censorship system they were able to address the social problems caused by racial discrimination in all areas of life, particularly through forced removals, the migrant labour system, and the creation of the homelands. Their writing may be read both as a comprehensive record of everyday life under apartheid and as an alternative cultural history of South Africa. Particular attention is paid to theatre as a barometer of social change in South Africa. The concluding chapters consider how in the current period of transition writers and arts institutions have set about reassessing their priorities, redefining their function and seeking new aesthetic directions in taking up the challenge of imagining a new society.