The two Africas of Francis Brett Young
Subtitle: exploring Britain's premier novelist of Africa
By: Frederick Hale
Publisher: Africana Publishers
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780620746250
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; In literature; Literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-386) and index.
Table of contents: title: Rediscovering the premier British novelist of Africa; title: British writing about Africa illuminated by colonial discourse theory; title: Establishing a literary beachhead on the African front: Marching on Tanga; title: A misplaced missionary in the Heart of Darkness? The crescent moon; title: A microcosm of the tragic British venture in East Africa: Woodsmoke; title: Dissecting the worship of Mammon on the Witwatersrand: Pilgrim's Rest; title: Into the Heart of Darkness in Portuguese East Africa: Sea horses; title: A hybrid international Bildungsroman: Jim Redlake; title: Advocating a limited form of racial reconciliation: They seek a country; title: The travail of interethnic reconciliation: The city of gold; title: Advocating a reconciled, white-dominated Union: In South Africa; title: Conclusion.