A History of South African Literature

By Christopher Heywood

Book Overview

Christopher Heywood surveys representative South African poems, plays and prose works in five literary traditions: Khoisan, Nguni-Sotho, Afrikaans, English, and Indian. Heywood's selections include over 100 authors and selected works--covering poetry, theater and prose. Explored in the context of crises leading to the formation of modern South Africa, South African literature emerges from this study as one of the great literatures of the modern world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521153786
• ISBN13: 9780521153782
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"