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Guy Butler from a post-apartheid perspective : reassessing a South African literary life
Includes bibliographical references.
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2014
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| author | Thurman, Christopher James |
| author2 | Watson, Stephen |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8102 Guy Butler from a post-apartheid perspective : reassessing a South African literary life Thurman, Christopher James Watson, Stephen English Language and Literature Includes bibliographical references. Guy Butler was a substantial public figure in South Africa over the second half of the twentieth century: performer of chameleon literary roles (professor, poet, playwright, autobiographer and historian), as well as cultural politician and opponent of apartheid legislation. Nevertheless, his is not a familiar name to the majority of South Africans, and where he is known, Butler remains a problematic figure. On the one hand, he has been criticised for expressing dated or even "colonial" ideas, or for lacking radical political conviction; on the other hand, he is often seen as a "grand old man" in South African literature rather than as a writer for a new generation of readers. These views do not take into account those elements in Butler's writing that were (and still are) subversive, intellectually compelling and of enduring literary value; nor do they consider the complex private man behind the public persona. Butler's response to the South African situation presents us with a challenge - to acknowledge frankly those elements in his life and work that distance him from us, without losing sight of the significance they hold. The current study makes use of Butler's private correspondence and unpublished material from the National English Literary Museum archives in Grahamstown, and combines the biographical insight gained from this documentation with criticism of his published work in every genre to offer a more balanced explication of Butler's life and work than has yet been achieved. 2014-10-06T11:06:39Z 2014-10-06T11:06:39Z 2007 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8102 eng application/pdf Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
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| title | Guy Butler from a post-apartheid perspective : reassessing a South African literary life |
| title_full | Guy Butler from a post-apartheid perspective : reassessing a South African literary life |
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| title_short | Guy Butler from a post-apartheid perspective : reassessing a South African literary life |
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| topic | English Language and Literature |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8102 |
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