Clingman, Stephen R.

The Novels of Nadine Gordimer. History from the Inside. (Signed By Author).

Allen & Unwin. London 1986 1st edition. Blue cloth boards. 276pp 8vo. Top edge spotted hence a VG-Fine copy in VG+ dustwrapper (no chips, tears, or loss, a little faded near rear of spine). ISBN: 9780048000828 Inscribed by author thus: "August 1987. For Jeanne & Guy, With all good wishes, Stephen". Author analyses each of eight works. viz. 'The Lying Days', 'A World Of Strangers', 'Occasion For Loving', 'The Late Bourgeois World', 'A Guest Of Honour', The Conservationist', 'Burgher's Daughter', & 'July's People'.

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Fuller, John.

A Reader's Guide to W.H. Auden.

Thames and Hudson 1970 1st edition. Maroon cloth boards 288pp 8vo. Small band of fading at bottom of spine, one discreet ownership stamp, 4 square corners. else a VG+ copy in VG dustwrapper (slight creasing around head of spine but no chips, loss, or tears). ISBN: 0500140154

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Book number: 23835

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Gray, S.R.

English South African Literature in the Last Ten Years: A Survey of Research Developments.

Rand Afrikaans University. Johannesburg 1982. Printed green wraps. 15pp. No inscription, VG condition. ISBN: 9780869701980 Includes compliment slip inscribed by author. Inaugural address delivered on Thursday 7th October 1982 on acceptance of appointment as Professor of English, Department of English, Rand Afrikaans University.

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Greer, Germaine.

Shakespeare's Wife.

Bloomsbury. London 3007 1st edition 1st printing. Dark navy cloth boards. 406pp 8vo 0.8kg. No inscriptions. ff tanned, overall VG+ in matching dustwrapper (no chips, tears, or loss). ISBN: 9780747590194

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Harlech-Jones, Brian., Mbise, Ismael., & Vale, Helen. (Eds).

Guardian of the Word. Literature, Language, and Politics in Sadc Countries.

ATOLL / Gamsberg Macmillan Windhoek 2001. Printed wraps. 226pp 8vo. A Fine unread copy. ISBN: 9991602909 Inscribed on title page thus. "To xxx, enjoy your retirement! With best wishes from one of the editors, Helen Vale". Proceedings Of The Fifth General Conference Of The Association Of University Teachers Of Literature and Language (ATOLL). Windhoek 16-20 August 1998.

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Klein, Holger. (Ed),

The First World War in Fiction. A Collection of Critical Essays.

Macmillan. London 1978 revised reprint. 246pp softcover. A near-Fine, unread copy. ISBN: 9780333257975 18 Essays by: Michael Garrety (Mottram & Hemingway), Stanley Cooperman (Dos Passos), Geoffrey Walsh (E.E. Cummings), Jonathan King (Barbusse), John Flower (Dorgeles), Jonathan Dale (La Rochelle), W.D. Redfern (Giono), Holger Klein (Franconi & Williamson), Brian A. Rowley (Remarque), J.P. Stern (Junger), W.G. Sebald (Zweig), Robert Pynsent (Hasek & Kraus), Christopher Wagstaff (Marinetti), Diane DeBell (Graves & Jones), C.N. Smith (Manning), John Morris (Aldington), & Malcom Bradbury (Parade's End).

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Lehmann, Elmar. & Reckwitz, Erhard. (Hrsg).

Current Themes in Contemporary South African Literature. Englischsprachige Literaturen Afrikas / African Literatures in English. Band 1.

Die Blaue Eule. Essen 1989. 157pp softcover. Small authorial gift inscription, a VG+ copy. ISBN: 9783892062523 English & German text. Articles include: Elmar Lehmann, Katastrophe Oder Versohnung? Beobachtungen Zu Sudafrikanischen Romanen Der Gegenwart. Erhard Reckwitz, The Broken Mirror. De Problematik Der Selbstbespiegelung In Den Autobiographischen Romanen Breyten Breytenbachs. Horst Zander, Millin's Step-Children And Her Grand-Children. "Miscegenation" In Some South African Novels. Geoffrey V. Davis, Life On The Black Side Of The Fence. Forced Removals And The Migrant Labour System In Recent Black South African Literature.

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Mann, J.W.

Effects of Number. Experimental Studies of the Grammatical Atmosphere Effect. Human Sciences Research Council Publication Series No 76.

Witwatersrand University Press (WUP). Johannesburg. 1982 Printed stiff card wraps. xi + 255pp. No inscription. crease to lower corner front wrap else VG+ condition. ISBN: 0854946985

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Massie, Allan.

The Novel Today. A Critical Guide to the British Novel 1970-1989.

Longman 1990 1st edition. 97pp illustrated paperback. No inscriptions. A VG copy. ISBN: 9780582004078

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Newman, Judie.

The Ballistic Bard. Postcolonial Fictions.

Arnold. London 1995. 202pp paperback 8vo. Crease to front wrap hence VG- condition. ISBN: 9780340539156 Postcolonial novelists often aim to revise the ideological messages created by European domination of their culture. In this new study Author demonstrates the subversive nature of such fiction. In the African context the author examines J.M. Coetzee's 'Waiting For The Barbarian' and 'The Foe', and Nadine Gordimer's 'Something Out There'.

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Book number: 14559

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Oboe, Annalisa.

Fiction, History and Nation Building in South Africa.

Supernova. Venezia 1994. Limited edition of 1000 unnumbered copies only. no isbn apparent. 220pp softcover. 8vo. Wraps a bit creased, gift inscription, ff tanned, a Good clean copy. Warm gift inscription from author to "Sandra". This work investigates South African historical novels as foundational narratives that mediate between history and story in order to conjure up the myth of the modern nation. By exploring the rhetoric of plot patterns and the semantics of recurrent motifs, the book discusses the ways in which texts produce a literary discourse about the past which aims at forming or consolidating a national consciousness. Author was a researcher in the Department of English and German Languages and Literatures at the University of Padova.

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Phelps, Jim. & Bell, Nigel.

D.H. Lawrence Around the World. South African Perspectives.

Echoing Green Press 2007. Green vynide boards. 335pp 8vo. As new. no dustwrapper as issued. ISBN: 9780980250114 Extended authorial (Jim Phelps) gift inscription to title page. 35 contributed papers.

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Phelps, Jim. & Bell, Nigel.

D.H. Lawrence Around the World. South African Perspectives.

Echoing Green Press 2007. Green vynide boards. 335pp 8vo. As new. no dustwrapper as issued. ISBN: 9780980250114 35 contributed papers.

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Ryberg, Anders. (Ed).

Per Wastbergs Skrifter 1943-1973. En Bibliografi.

Wahlstrom & Widstrand. Stockholm 1973. Printed wraps 132pp illustrated softcover. Institutional library stamps to eps. Wrappers rather soiled, but contents excellent. ISBN: 9146120149 Gift inscription from Per Wastberg "For ... a bibliography in Swedish in which you may trace items on African & South African literature. from Per Wastberg ....".

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Schreiner, Olive. (Ed. Richard Rive).

Diamond Fields.

ISEA. Institute for the Study of English in Africa, Rhodes University 1974. 28pp stapled softcover. Ownership signature else as new. ISBN: 0868102873 Extended introduction by editor. A fragment of Schreiner's writing from an incomplete manuscript.

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