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Morbid Fascination

White Prose and Politics in Apartheid South Africa

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

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Using a broad range of literature to examine the political culture of white South Africa, Peck finds both a preoccupation with political issues and a dislike for politics. The literature examined ranges from South African propaganda, through a variety of bestsellers—adventure stories and mystery novels written by authors such as Wilbur Smith and James McClure—to self-conscious literary works of the canonical white South African authors such as Alan Paton, André Brink, and Nadine Gordimer. The study gives attention to anti-political features of the liberal tradition that dominated South African writing, and to the failure of writers who undermined that tradition to generate a more positive view of politics. The morbid fascination with politics that is found across the full spectrum of creative writing is a reflection of the circumstances in which writers found themselves, but it is still a worrisome feature of the white South African political culture.

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Utgivningsdatum1997-02-19
Mått156 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt482 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieContributions to the Study of World Literature
Antal sidor216
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780313300912
UtmärkelserShort-listed for Oregon Book Awards (Nonfiction) 1998

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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

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