Morbid Fascination

RICHARD PECK is Professor of International Affairs at Lewis and Clark College. He trained in Political Science and International Relations at the University of California, Berkeley, and at Yale University. A specialist in African and other Third World politics, and in international organizations, Peck has published in Research in African Literatures, World Literature Written in English, The Journal of Contemporary African Studies, The African Studies Review, and other journals.

• PrefaceThe Morbid Fascination with Politics in South African ProseBeware the Gaboon Adder: Wilbur Smith's Purple Prose and PropagandaThe Mystery of McClure's Trekkersburg Mysteries: Text and Non-Reception in South AfricaMore Mysteries Against Apartheid: Bosman, Ebersohn, and DrummondProgressively Anti-Political: Recent Anti-Apartheid Best-SellersThe Liberal Tradition in South African Writing: Alan Paton and Laurens van der PostUndermining the Liberal Tradition: Dan Jacobson, Phyllis Altman, and Mary BensonCondemned to Choose, But What? Existentialism in South African Writing in EnglishNadine Gordimer's Morbid Fascination with PoliticsThe Play of Politics in South African TheaterConclusionSelected BibliographyIndex