Present imperfect : contemporary South African writing / Andrew van der Vlies

Author:: Van der Vlies, Andrew, 1974-
Published:: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:: First edition.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.On Being Stuck: Stasis and Situation Tragedy -- 2.Bad Feelings in the Provinces of History -- 3.Temporal Adoption, Novelistic Prosthesis -- 4.Towards a Critical Nostalgia -- 5.South Africa, Time or Place? -- 6.Stasis Anxiety: On Contemporary Waithood.

Summary:

This work asks how a selection of South African writers have responded to the period since the end of apartheid.

Subject(s):

South African literature—History and criticism

ISBN:

9780191835551 (ebook)

Audience Notes:

Specialized.

Note:

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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