The Resurgence of Prison Imagery in Breyten Breytenbach’s A Veil of Footsteps
This analysis of Breyten Breytenbach’s most recent work, A Veil of Footsteps. Memoir of a nomadic fictional character, concentrates on the manner in which the prison and its related themes of alienation and death resurge in varied and surprising manners—the intimate, almost confidential nature of th...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2022
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | This analysis of Breyten Breytenbach’s most recent work, A Veil of Footsteps. Memoir of a nomadic fictional character, concentrates on the manner in which the prison and its related themes of alienation and death resurge in varied and surprising manners—the intimate, almost confidential nature of the text which involves the reader in Breyten Wordfool’s world rendering the resurgence of prison imagery all the more disturbing. |
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