Nadine Gordimer's July's People

A Routledge Study Guide

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, African
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Author: Brendon Nicholls ISBN: 9781134718788
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: November 12, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Brendon Nicholls
ISBN: 9781134718788
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: November 12, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Nadine Gordimer is one of the most important writers to emerge in the twentieth century. Her anti-Apartheid novel July's People (1981) is a powerful example of resistance writing and continues even now to unsettle easy assumptions about issues of power, race, gender and identity.

This guide to Gordimer's compelling novel offers:

  • an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of July's People
  • a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present
  • a selection of new and reprinted critical essays on July's People, providing a range of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key approaches identified in the critical survey
  • cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism
  • suggestions for further reading.

Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of July's People and seeking not only a guide to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Gordimer's text.

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Nadine Gordimer is one of the most important writers to emerge in the twentieth century. Her anti-Apartheid novel July's People (1981) is a powerful example of resistance writing and continues even now to unsettle easy assumptions about issues of power, race, gender and identity.

This guide to Gordimer's compelling novel offers:

Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of July's People and seeking not only a guide to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Gordimer's text.

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