Chronicles of Darkness, Hardcover by Ward, David, Like New Used

by David Ward

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Chronicles of Darkness, Hardcover by Ward, David, ISBN 1032762853, ISBN-13 9781032762852, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US First published in 1989, Chronicles of Darkness is about images of Africa seen through the eyes of writers, visitors, residents, and native-born. They range from Joseph Conrad and Olive Schreiner, through Laurens van der Post, Karen Blixen and Evelyn Waugh, to more recent writers like Nadine Gordimer, Andre Brink and . Coetzee. Such writers have frequently been faced with feelings of alienation, marginality, exile, self-consciousness, and egoism. It is only in this sense- that the eyes which see are shadowed and troubled- that Africa is a 'dark continent’ and that these writings are 'chronicles of darkness’. In some cases, Africa, even if merely a backdrop painted in crude and garish colors, becomes a way of revealing or admitting something about 'Europe’ which might be concealed when a writer performs in a different theatre. This is an interesting read for scholars and researchers of English literature and African studies.

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Year: 2024
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781032762852
• Condition: Fine

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