The South African Novel in English : Essays in Criticism and Society

South Africa, where law, custom, and habit combine to prevent individuals and groups from discovering themselves. It is one of the great merits of the novels discussed in this book that, if their authors have done nothing else, they have tried to show how this desire for self-discovery proceeds in the face of massive obstacles. In my attempt to make some sense of this unfolding story, I am aware of the immense debt of gratitude I owe. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii The South African Novel in English....Pages 1-26 Olive Schreiner....Pages 27-45 Pauline Smith....Pages 46-56 Sol Plaatje’s Mhudi ....Pages 57-76 Race and Fiction: God’s Stepchildren and Turbott Wolfe ....Pages 77-94 South Africa’s First Proletarian Writer....Pages 95-113 Nadine Gordimer and the Pitfalls of Liberalism....Pages 114-130 Nadine Gordimer and Europe-in-Africa....Pages 131-163 Art and morality in Alex La Guma’s A Walk in the Night ....Pages 164-191 Back Matter....Pages 192-202