Companion to South African English Literature
by Adey, David, and others (compilers)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 086852039X
- ISBN 13
- 9780868520391
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, 1989) 086852039X. 8vo; original orange boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 220; photographic portraits. School reference library handstamp to pastedowns and title page; trace of spotting to edges. Very good condition. "The Companion is the latest and most complete reference work on South African literature and covers a period of almost two hundred years, from 1795 to 1986. The Companion includes articles on over 450 authors, journals, important works and composite articles on the following: African-language Literature; Africana; Afrikaans Literature; Anthologies; Awards and Prizes; Banned Books; Biography; Black Consciousness; Black Theatre; Boer War Writing; British Settlers of 1820; Censorship; Criticism; Dictionaries; Education; Expatriate Literature; Exploration; History; Humour and Satire; Libraries and Museums; New Black Poetry; Periodicals; Popular Literature; Press and Publishing; Prose Commentary; Short Stories; Translations and Zimbabwean Literature. The Companion will be an invaluable reference for academics, scholars, librarians and the serious reader of South African Literature." .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10559
- Title
- Companion to South African English Literature
- Author
- Adey, David, and others (compilers)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 086852039X
- ISBN 13
- 9780868520391
- Publisher
- (Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, 1989) 086852039X
- Place of Publication
- South Africa
- This edition first published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Literary Biography. South African Writers. Prose. Novels. Short Stories. Poetry. Afrikaans. Apartheid. Black Writers. Literary Criticism. South African Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- South African Literature;
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