ISBN: 9780521475495

9780521475495, Cambridge University Press. Paperback / softback, published 10 November 1994. Dominic Head (Author). Nadine Gordimer Discusses Gordimer's distinctive contribution to twe… More...

9780521475495, Cambridge University Press. Paperback / softback, published 10 November 1994. Dominic Head (Author). Nadine Gordimer Discusses Gordimer's distinctive contribution to twentieth-century fiction, and to literature that opposes/challenges apartheid. Dominic Head (Author) 9780521475495, Cambridge University Press Paperback / softback, published 10 November 1994 240 pages21.4 x 13.8 x 1.3 cm, 0.29 kg The award to Nadine Gordimer of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991 was an affirmation of her distinctive contribution to twentieth-century fiction and to the creation of a literature that challenges apartheid. In this study, which may be used as an introduction as well as by those already familiar with Gordimer's work, Dominic Head discusses each of her novels in detail, paying close attention to the texts both as a reflection of events and situations in the real world, and as evidence of her constant rethinking of her craft. Head shows how Gordimer's concerns, apparent in her earliest novels, are developed through increasing stress on the politics of textuality; and he pursues the implications of this development to consider how Gordimer's later work contributes to postmodernist fiction, and to a recentering of political engagement in an era of uncertainty. 1. Gordimer and South Africa: themes, issues and literary identity 2. The early novels: The Lying Days, A World of Strangers, and Occasion for Loving 3. Developing narrative muscle: The Late Bourgeois World, A Guest of Honour, and The Conservationist 4. The construction of identity: Burger's Daughter and July's People 5. Self-reflexive reassessments: A Sport of Nature and My Son's Story 6. The short stories 7. Gordimer as postmodernist? Subject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers [DSK] , Neu, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], BIC Subject Area 1: Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers [DSK], Publication Year: 1994, Format: Paperback, Language: English, Book Title: Nadine Gordimer, Item Height: 214mm, Topic: Literature, Item Width: 138mm, Item Weight: 290g, Number of Pages: 240 Pages, Cambridge University Press<

ISBN: 9780521475495

In this study, which may be used as an introduction as well as by those already familiar with Gordimer''s work, Dominic Head discusses each of Nadine Gordimer''s novels in detail, examini… More...

In this study, which may be used as an introduction as well as by those already familiar with Gordimer''s work, Dominic Head discusses each of Nadine Gordimer''s novels in detail, examining the texts both as a reflection of events and situations in the real world, and as evidence of her constant rethinking of her craft. Head shows how Gordimer''s typical concerns are developed through increasing stress on the politics of textuality; and he considers how her work as a whole contributes to the creation of a literature to challenge apartheid. | Nadine Gordimer by Dominic Head Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Languages > Linguistics P10116, Dominic Head<

ISBN: 9780521475495

In this study, which may be used as an introduction as well as by those already familiar with Gordimer's work, Dominic Head discusses each of Nadine Gordimer's novels in detail, examining… More...

In this study, which may be used as an introduction as well as by those already familiar with Gordimer's work, Dominic Head discusses each of Nadine Gordimer's novels in detail, examining the texts both as a reflection of events and situations in the real world, and as evidence of her constant rethinking of her craft. Head shows how Gordimer's typical concerns are developed through increasing stress on the politics of textuality; and he considers how her work as a whole contributes to the creation of a literature to challenge apartheid. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Classics>Lit Studies>Lit Theory & Criticism, Cambridge University Press Core >1<

1994, ISBN: 052147549X

[EAN: 9780521475495], Neubuch, [PU: Cambridge University Press], New, Books