African Writers and Their Readers: Essays in Honor of Bernth Lindfors
- ISBN-10
- 0865438595
- ISBN-13
- 9780865438590
- Category
- African literature
- Pages
- 574
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Africa Research and Publications
- Authors
- Bernth Lindfors, John A. Wiseman
Description
The Emergence of the South African Oral - Style Story : A. W. Drayson's Tales at the Outspan . " Current Writing 7 ( 2 ) : 1995 . 55-68 . The Oral - Style South African Short Story in English : A. W. Drayson to H. C. Bosman .
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