‘Spirit of Place’: Mungoshi’s Rolling World
This paper cites Morrissey’s haiku as encapsulating D.H. Lawrence’s theory of ‘spirit of place’ in which each country has its own peculiar identity that shapes its inhabitants. It argues that Mungoshi’s work evokes this ‘spirit’, the distinctive, exclusive essence of Zimbabwe: the land and its peopl...
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2024
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| Online adgang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | This paper cites Morrissey’s haiku as encapsulating D.H. Lawrence’s theory of ‘spirit of place’ in which each country has its own peculiar identity that shapes its inhabitants. It argues that Mungoshi’s work evokes this ‘spirit’, the distinctive, exclusive essence of Zimbabwe: the land and its people. |
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