Forfatter fødeår: 1855-1920
A work that defies conventional categorization; however, one might best capture Dreams unique formal structure by construing it as a series of prose poems or narrative paintings, a starkly modern text inflected by the far older tradition of the medieval dream vision poem.
Two cousins grow up in the 1860s on a lonely farm in the thirsty mountain veld. Em is fat, sweet and contented, a born housewife; Lyndall, clever, restless, beautiful... and... Læs mere
‘Woman and Labour’ (1911) was written by South African writer and intellectual, Olive Schreiner, best known for her novels ‘From Man to Man or Perhaps Only’ (1926) and ‘Undine’... Læs mere
‘The Story of an African Farm’ (1883) was written by South African writer and intellectual, Olive Schreiner. Originally published under the pseudonym Ralph Iron, the book... Læs mere
Olive Schreiner (1855–1920), author and feminist, was one of the most important and challenging social commentators of her time. First published in 1911, this acclaimed feminist work,... Læs mere
Olive Schreiner's From Man to Man (first published in 1926 and now re-edited after the discovery of an original typescript) tells the story of two white women born into... Læs mere