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The oral-style South African short story in English : A.W. Drayson to H.C. Bosman

Title
The oral-style South African short story in English : A.W. Drayson to H.C. Bosman / Craig MacKenzie.
Author
MacKenzie, Craig, 1960-
Publication
Amsterdam ; Atlanta, GA : Rodopi, 1999.

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Description
ix, 223 pages; 23 cm
Series Statement
Cross/cultures ; 37
Uniform Title
Cross/cultures ; 37.
Subject
  • Short stories, South African (English) > History and criticism
  • Oral tradition in literature
  • Short stories, South African (English)
  • Englisch
  • Kurzgeschichte
  • Volksverhalen
  • Mondelinge literatuur
  • Südafrika
  • Südafrika (Staat)
  • Englisch
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-219) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction: The Oral-Style Story -- 2. The 'Ur-South African' Oral-Style Story: A.W. Drayson, Frederick Boyle and J. Forsyth Ingram -- 3. The 'Artless' Oral-Style Story: W.C. Scully and Percy FitzPatrick -- 4. On the Cusp of 'Artfulness': Ernest Glanville's "Uncle Abe Pike" -- 5. The 'Artful' Oral-Style Story: Perceval Gibbon's "Vrouw Grobelaar" Sequence -- 6. The Taller the Tale: Francis Carey Slater's "Oom Meihaas" -- 7. Half a Step Forward? Pauline Smith's "Koenraad Tales" -- 8. Casual Sophistication and the Metafictional: Aegidius Jean Blignaut's "Hottentot Ruiter" -- 9. The Oral Stylist par excellence: Herman Charles Bosman -- 10. Postscript: The Oral-Style Story After Bosman -- 11. Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 9042005270
  • 9789042005273
OCLC
  • ocm43314051
  • 43314051
  • SCSB-961983
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library