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A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985

Death of a nation (1990-09-16)

Type

Book Review

Published

1990-09-16
The Sunday Times

Authors (1)

Taylor, David John 'D. J. Taylor'

Citation

"Death of a nation", The Sunday Times, 16 Sep 1990, 5[S6] The Sunday Times Historical Archive, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/FP1802573549/STHA?u=linc74325&sid=gale_api&xid=e850fe7d. Accessed 26 Jun 2024

Excerpt

"The bleakness of J M Coetzee's novels has always been their most marked characteristic; that and a cultivated absorption in wider literary frameworks."

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Taylor, David John 'D. J. Taylor' | Critic
Taylor, David John 'D. J. Taylor' | Article Author