Title The muzzled muse : literature and censorship in South Africa / Margreet de Lange

Published Amsterdam [The Netherlands] ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 181 pages) Series Utrecht publications in general and comparative literature, 0167-8175 ; v. 32 Utrecht publications in general and comparative literature ; v. 32. 0167-8175 Contents THE MUZZLED MUSE; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. South Africa and Censorship; Chapter 2. The Application of the Publications Act; Chapter 3 Censorship and Afrikaans Literature; Chapter 4. Afrikaans Authors and Censorship; Chapter 5. Censorship and White English Literature; Chapter 6. English Authors and Censorship; Chapter 7. Censorship and Black Literature in English; Chapter 8. Black Authors and Censorship; Chapter 9. Censorship in a Democratic South Africa; Conclusion; References; Index Summary A critical assessment of literature produced under censorship needs to take into account that the strategies of the censors are answered by strategies of the writers and the readers. To recognize self-censoring strategies in writing, it is necessary to know the specific restrictions of the censorship regime in question. In South Africa under apartheid all writers were confronted with the question of how to respond to the pressure of censorship. This confrontation took a different form however, depending on what group the writer belonged to and what language he/she used. By looking at white writers writing in Afrikaans and white and black writers writing in English, this book gives the impact of censorship on South African literature a comparative examination which it has not received before. The book considers works by J.M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer, Andre Brink, and others less known to readers outside South Africa like Karel Schoeman, Louis Kruger, Christopher Hope, Miriam Tlali and Mtutuzeli Matshoba. It treats the censorship laws of the apartheid regime as well as, in the final chapter, the new law of the Mandela government which shows some surprising similarities to its predecessor Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-178) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Comparative literature. South African literature (English) -- Black authors -- History and criticism South African literature (English) -- White authors -- History and criticism Afrikaans literature -- History and criticism Comparative literature -- English and Afrikaans Comparative literature -- Afrikaans and English Censorship -- South Africa BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary. Afrikaans literature Censorship Comparative literature Politics and government South African literature (English) -- Black authors South African literature (English) -- White authors Letterkunde. Engels. Afrikaans. Censuur. SUBJECT South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125489 Subject South Africa Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9789027298003 9027298009 9786612162343 6612162341

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