The Dorp by Stephen Black
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The Dorp
By Stephen Black
South African novel published in around 1920
Binding: Hard cover without dust jacket
Book Condition: Fairly good condition. Some signs of aging and foxing on some of the pages. As per photos.
Edition: Undated C1920
Abstract Salome Snyman article: Cultural conflict and shifting identities in Stephen Blacks The Dorp (1920)
: This article deals with journalist, dramatist and novelist Stephen Blacks The Dorp (1920), a novel which I regard as the earliest example of what I have named the small-town novel sub-genre of the South African English novel. Other early examples of the small-town novel are Willemsdorp by H.C. Bosman, The Mask by C. L. Leipoldt and Too Late the Phalarope by Alan Paton. Black satirizes the goings-on in a typical South African town called Unionstad. The name of the town reveals the novels threefold thematic impulse: an allegorical evocation of the Union Period (191048) in South Africa; an ironic-satirical thrust (the Union period was one of increasing political polarization and ultimately, an idealistic vision of cultural-political reconciliation. Unionstad, like the towns in the novels mentioned above, is portrayed as a microcosm of the national macrocosm. The Dorp reveals the ill effects of historical events such as the Boer War and the 1914 Rebellion, specifically the animosity that it created between English and Afrikaner townspeople. Blacks keen awareness and representation of how the political turmoil in the country impacts on the lives of ordinary people and how town culture reflects key aspects of a bigger problem, are the main strengths of the novel. Blacks vision for reconciliation is symbolized by the union in marriage of Anita van Ryn, the mayors daughter and Ned Oakley, the English shopkeepers son.
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