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A Morbid Fascination
White Prose and Politics in Apartheid South Africa
Richard Peck
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A Morbid Fascination

White Prose and Politics in Apartheid South Africa

Richard Peck Richard Peck

February 1997

Praeger

Series: Contributions to the Study of World Literature

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Using a broad range of literature to examine the political culture of white South Africa, Peck finds both a preoccupation with political issues and a general distrust of politics.

Using a broad range of literature to examine the political culture of white South Africa, Peck finds both a preoccupation with political issues and a dislike for politics. The literature examined ranges from South African propaganda, through a variety of bestsellers—adventure stories and mystery novels written by authors such as Wilbur Smith and James McClure—to self-conscious literary works of the canonical white South African authors such as Alan Paton, André Brink, and Nadine Gordimer. The study gives attention to anti-political features of the liberal tradition that dominated South African writing, and to the failure of writers who undermined that tradition to generate a more positive view of politics. The morbid fascination with politics that is found across the full spectrum of creative writing is a reflection of the circumstances in which writers found themselves, but it is still a worrisome feature of the white South African political culture.
Preface
The Morbid Fascination with Politics in South African Prose
Beware the Gaboon Adder: Wilbur Smith's Purple Prose and Propaganda
The Mystery of McClure's Trekkersburg Mysteries: Text and Non-Reception in South Africa
More Mysteries Against Apartheid: Bosman, Ebersohn, and Drummond
Progressively Anti-Political: Recent Anti-Apartheid Best-Sellers
The Liberal Tradition in South African Writing: Alan Paton and Laurens van der Post
Undermining the Liberal Tradition: Dan Jacobson, Phyllis Altman, and Mary Benson
Condemned to Choose, But What? Existentialism in South African Writing in English
Nadine Gordimer's Morbid Fascination with Politics
The Play of Politics in South African Theater
Conclusion
Selected Bibliography
Index




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