Revival and/or Retrieval? A Reading of Corinne Sandwith's World of Letters

Revival and/or Retrieval? A Reading of Corinne Sandwith's World of Letters

The continuing crisis and militarism of the capitalist world order in the first decades of the twenty-first century recall in certain respects the lead-up to the Second World War. The relevance of the South African alternative press of the 1930s to the politics and culture life of our society post-1...

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Published in:Current writing Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 119 - 126
Main Author: Voss, Tony
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Routledge 02-07-2016
Subjects:
Dora Taylor
literary criticism
Marxism
South African literature and politics
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Summary:The continuing crisis and militarism of the capitalist world order in the first decades of the twenty-first century recall in certain respects the lead-up to the Second World War. The relevance of the South African alternative press of the 1930s to the politics and culture life of our society post-1994 makes Corinne Sandwith's just and committed account in World of Letters as much a revival as a retrieval of vigorous debate in what may be a public sphere threatened with shrinkage.
ISSN:1013-929X
2159-9130
DOI:10.1080/1013929X.2016.1202038