Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 156 pages)
ISBN:
9781501351433
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9781501351426
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9781501351419
Content:
"In Conversation with Bessie Head shows how reading the novels and letters of Botswana's most influential writer, Bessie Head, fosters an ongoing conversation between reader and writer and is in fact a very personal undertaking. Each chapter tackles two parallel threads, the first regarding Mary S. Lederer's own history of reading Head--from her first purchase of Maru, through completing a Ph.D. on Head's trilogy, through living in Botswana and connecting with various aspects of Head's life, to examining how reading Head has affected her own development as a human being. This history then ties each chapter into discussion of how Head develops her own vision of the "brotherhood of man." Alongside critically informed discussion, Head's vision is examined through the prism of specific questions. Why is madness not a useful concept for understanding Head's ideas? Why did Head say she was not a feminist, and what is the significance of "male" and "female" in her novels? What is the relationship between individual, race, and community? How can the nature of God be a clear expression of love but also an indistinct force for both good and evil? Head's novels present opportunities for personal growth, and through these "conversations" with her, we become different readers."--Provided by publisher
Content:
Reading Bessie Head -- "The woman is no neurotic" -- "They also forgot he was a man" -- "Each man is helpless before life" -- "Love is a touchy thing" -- Re-reading Bessie Head.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501351402
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Lederer, Mary S. In conversation with Bessie Head New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019 ISBN 9781501351402
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501351426
Language:
English
Keywords:
Head, Bessie 1937-1986
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Südafrika
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Englisch
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Literatur
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781501351433
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