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These letters, certain to satisfy the reawakened interest in Schreiner, give a full and rounded picture of the novelist's life and work.Containing 550 letters--some newly discovered, many unknown to general readers--this first of two volumes spans the years 1871 to 1899, when Schreiner worked as a governess on Eastern Cape farms; lived in England and Europe; formed a circle of friends including Havelock Ellis, Karl Pearson, Edward Carpenter, and W. T. Stead; published The Story of an African Farm; and married S.C. Cronwright, with whom she involved herself in the growing South African political crisis. ... Read more

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Olive Schreiner and The Progress of Feminism explores two key areas: the debates taking place in England during the last two decades of the 19th century about the position of women and the volatile events of the 1890s in South Africa, which culminated in war between the British empire and the Boer republics in 1899. Through a detailed reading of fictional and non-fictional writing of one extraordinary woman, Olive Schreiner, the book traces the complex relations between gender and empire in a modern world.
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Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society.

Stephen G. Nichols, Gerald Prince, and Wendy Steiner, Series Editors.

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Ralph Iron and Titania
Critical works on Dinesen and Schreiner, individually,are few and far inbetween. This book which looks at both authors is some sort of agem.

Although not necessarily very reader-friendly, it neverthelessexamines a relationship between the two authors that has beenobvious.

Definitely an interesting read for those in Schreiner andDinesen research. For the layman who is interested in the authors, it canalso be rather enlightening. ... Read more