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Charles Dickens
deals with the London the author knew at its best and worst - its streets, theatres, inns, pawnshops, law courts, prisons, omnibuses and the river Thames - in honest and…
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This work provides a starting point for understanding gender in the novels of this period. It explores the place of fiction in constructing gender identity within society at large, considering…
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Dennis Walder
First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Professor Walder’s study asks how successfully Athol Fugard, the South African’s dramatist’s, work continues the search for reconciliation and harmony in a country still haunted by its terrible past.
This book guides the student through the fundamentals of this literary form. By using carefully selected novels, the authors provide a lively examination of the particular themes and modes of…
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This book guides the student through the fundamentals of this enduring literary form. By using carefully selected novels, the authors provide a lively examination of the particular themes and modes…
Examining prose, poetry and drama by writers including Achebe, Naipaul, Coetzee, Walcott, Krog, Fugard, and versions of Shakespeare, this title pursues the often ambiguous paths of nostalgia as it has…
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* Guides the reader through historical, linguistic and theoretical issues. * Avoids jargon and generalization. * Offers detailed case studies of literary texts by a wide range of writers. *…
This text offers a combination of English, European, American and Post-Colonial perspectives on literary study from the 1920s to the 21st century. It is designed to engage newcomers to the…
Athol Fugard
Edited with an Introduction, notes, and a glossary by Dennis Walder, a critic of South African literature, this book comprises the five ‘township plays’ - Nongogo, No-Good Friday, Sizure Bansi…
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With a new preface by the author, the four plays in this selection of Athol Fugard’s best work are set among the people and in the place he knows most…
This new edition contains Dickens’s prefaces, working plans, and all the original illustrations. It is supplemented by a substantial new introduction, highlighting Dickens’s engagement with his times, and the touching…
Against a background of government incompetence and financial scandal, Arthur Clennam searches for the key to the affairs of the Dorrit family, prisoners for debt in the Marshalsea. Mixing humour…
Print Culture in Southern Africa is concerned with the institutions and processes informing textual production, circulation, and consumption in the region, over a broad historical period from the late 18th…
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