A History of South African Literature

This book is the first critical study of its subject, from colonial and pre-colonial times to the present. Christopher Heywood discusses selected poems, plays and prose works in five literary traditions: Khoisan, Nguni-Sotho, Afrikaans, English, and Indian. The discussion includes over 100 authors and selected works, covering poetry, theatre and prose. The literature is explored in the setting of crises leading to the formation of modern South Africa. In Christopher Heywood's...
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This book is the first critical study of its subject, from colonial and pre-colonial times to the present. Christopher Heywood discusses selected poems, plays and prose works in five literary traditions: Khoisan, Nguni-Sotho, Afrikaans, English, and Indian. The discussion includes over 100 authors and selected works, covering poetry, theatre and prose. The literature is explored in the setting of crises leading to the formation of modern South Africa. In Christopher Heywood's magisterial study, South African literature emerges as among the great literatures of the modern world.