Originally published in 1980 and long out of print, this fine work illuminates Schreiner's life and major writings through a portrayal of her "conscious struggles for self-definition" as a novelist, feminist and political activist. Born in 1855 to English missionaries working in Africa, hers was a lonely, self-educated childhood. She worked as a governess during the late 1870s, and when she sailed to England for medical training in 1881, had with her the manuscripts of three novels, including The Story of an African Farm, ...
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Originally published in 1980 and long out of print, this fine work illuminates Schreiner's life and major writings through a portrayal of her "conscious struggles for self-definition" as a novelist, feminist and political activist. Born in 1855 to English missionaries working in Africa, hers was a lonely, self-educated childhood. She worked as a governess during the late 1870s, and when she sailed to England for medical training in 1881, had with her the manuscripts of three novels, including The Story of an African Farm, her best known. She was quickly taken up by London's intellectual circles; Havelock Ellis and Eleanor Marx were among her closest friends. On her return to Africa, Schreiner supported the Boer cause and took what she herself called an "almost painfully intense interest" in empire-builder Cecil Rhodes, although she quickly became disillusioned with both. Abhorring treatment of blacks as an "engine of labour," she became an outspoken advocate for black citizenship; and her Women and Labour published in 1911 reflected a lifetime of thought on "the Woman Question" and became a crucial work for early-20th-century feminists. The authors write insightfully of the split sense of self in a woman who made such an impact yet felt her life a failure.
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Add this copy of Olive Schreiner-Association Copy Issbn 0233971521 to cart. $15.61, very good condition, Sold by Yesterday's Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bournemouth, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1980 by Andre Deutsch 1st.
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383pp, illustrations, maps, line drawings, bibliography of Schreiner's work: the definitive biography by 2 well qualified women; hardback vg vg dw, loosely inserted are various relevant reviews & newspaper cuttings and a theatre programme for Stephen Gray's play on Schreiner at the Theatre In Progress, London.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8x5x1; The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text unmarked. The dust jacket shows some very light handling, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 383pp.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. 383p., [8]p. of plates: ill., 1facsim., 1geneal. table, maps, ports.; 24 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps, Portraits, Plates. Bibliography: p.371-376. -Includes index. Book Condition: near fine/very good. Clean inside and sharp cornered. Tight binding. Dj Condition: very good.
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Very Good. Very good paperback. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy, text also very good. Light shelfwear. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8x6x1; Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 383 pages, maroon cloth. A very good, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear but slight foxing at the fore-edge; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a very good, lightly edge worn dust jacket, with the original price present.
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