Reading Spaces in South Africa, 1850-1920s

ISBN-13: 9781108814706 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 75 str.

Archie L. (University of Pretoria) Dick

Opis

In the languages of their own reading spaces, South Africans achieved a unique ethos of improvement.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Becoming literate, becoming literary; 3. Reading, writing, debating, reciting; 4. Dickens on the page, the podium, and the stage; 5. The fiction Charlie Immelman read, and the films he watched; 6. The Cape's global Islamic printing networks; 7. Conclusion.