The muzzled muse : literature and censorship in South Africa / / Margreet de Lange
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| Autore: |
Lange Margreet de
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| Titolo: |
The muzzled muse : literature and censorship in South Africa / / Margreet de Lange
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam [The Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1997 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 809/.8968 |
| Soggetto topico: | Comparative literature |
| South African literature (English) - Black authors - History and criticism | |
| South African literature (English) - White authors - History and criticism | |
| Afrikaans literature - History and criticism | |
| Comparative literature - English and Afrikaans | |
| Comparative literature - Afrikaans and English | |
| Censorship - South Africa | |
| Soggetto geografico: | South Africa Politics and government 20th century |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-178) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | THE MUZZLED MUSE; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. South Africa and Censorship; Chapter 2. The Application of the Publications Act; Chapter 3 Censorship and Afrikaans Literature; Chapter 4. Afrikaans Authors and Censorship; Chapter 5. Censorship and White English Literature; Chapter 6. English Authors and Censorship; Chapter 7. Censorship and Black Literature in English; Chapter 8. Black Authors and Censorship; Chapter 9. Censorship in a Democratic South Africa; Conclusion; References; Index |
| The Series UTRECHT PUBLICATIONS IN GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "The long history of censorship is a parallel and equally powerful history of literature. Censors bear witness to the power of the word even more forcefully than the writers and the readers they consider dangerous." (Index on Censorship 6/1996)A critical assessment of literature produced under censorship needs to take into account that the stategies of the censors are answered by strategies of the writers and the readers. To recognize self-censoring strategies in writing, it is necessary to know the specific restrictions of the censorship regime in question. In South Africa under |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Muzzled Muse |
| ISBN: | 1-282-16234-9 |
| 9786612162343 | |
| 90-272-9800-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910813929903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Utrecht publications in general and comparative literature ; ; v. 32.