An Olive Schreiner reader : writings on women and South Africa

Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920

An Olive Schreiner reader : writings on women and South Africa / edited and introduced by Carol Barash ; afterword by Nadine Gordimer - viii, 261 pages : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-258) and index.

Prelude The child's day (1887) Gender, class and science The woman question (1899) Three dreams in a desert (1887) The Buddhist priest's wife (1892) 'The policy in favour of protection —' (1892) Fantasy and the female body Dream life and real life : a little African story (1880) Five pieces from dreams (1890) The gardens of pleasure (1880s) A dream of wild bees (1886) Life's gifts (1886) The artist's secret (1887) I thought I stood (1887) Gender, race and politics Eighteen ninety-nine (1904) The native question (1908) Woman and war (1911) The dawn of civilisation (1920)

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