Olive Schreiner

by Carolyn Burdett

Olive Schreiner, who was born in 1855 in South Africa, has become a central literary figure for thinking about the complex debates surrounding gender, imperialism and class between 1880 and 1920. Aesthetically bold and politically passionate, Schreiner wrote novels, short stories, lyrical fragments she called dreams, as well as non-fiction and political polemic. Her work is widely acknowledged as a significant, though unconventional, contribution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0746310935
• ISBN13: 9780746310939
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.5"