An edition of Difficult women, artful lives (1995)

Difficult women, artful lives

Olive Schreiner and Isak Dinesen, in and out of Africa

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An edition of Difficult women, artful lives (1995)

Difficult women, artful lives

Olive Schreiner and Isak Dinesen, in and out of Africa

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  • 1 Currently reading

"Horton offers a truly original approach to her subjects -- sophisticated, probing, daring. Her book is an important contribution to scholarship on both writers and to a rethinking of how we approach writers from the 'contact zone.'." -- Sidonie Smith, Binghamton University.

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Johns Hopkins University Press
Language
English
Pages
312

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Subjects

Authors, Danish Authors, South African Biography Danish Authors History Homes and haunts In literature Intellectual life South African Authors White Women Women and literature Women, White Schreiner, olive, 1855-1920 Dinesen, isak, 1885-1962 Women authors Africa, intellectual life Africa, in literature Résidences et lieux familiers Écrivaines sud-africaines Biographies Écrivaines danoises Blanches Afrique dans la littérature Vie intellectuelle Homes Literature Letterkunde Engels Deens Vrouwelijke auteurs Femmes et littérature Femmes blanches Dans la littérature Out of Africa South African Women authors Danish Women authors

People

Isak Dinesen (1885-1962) Olive Schreiner (1855-1920)

Places

Africa Kenya South Africa

Times

20th century
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Difficult women, artful lives: Olive Schreiner and Isak Dinesen, in and out of Africa
1995, Johns Hopkins University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-304) and index.

Published in
Baltimore
Series
Parallax, Parallax (Baltimore, Md.)

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823, B
Library of Congress
PR9369.2.S37 Z67 1995, PR9369.2.S37Z67 1995

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 312 p. :
Number of pages
312

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1113779M
Internet Archive
difficultwomenar0000hort
ISBN 10
0801850371, 080185038X
LCCN
94039707
OCLC/WorldCat
31375246
LibraryThing
4238844
Goodreads
1392617
73314

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL3514941W

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