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The Healing Imagination of Olive Schreiner : Beyond South African Colonialism
author
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Berkman, Joyce Avrech.
publisher
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University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin
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0870236768
print isbn13
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9780870236761
ebook isbn13
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9780585200828
language
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English
subject
Schreiner, Olive,--1855-1920, Women and literature--Africa, Southern--History--19th century, Authors, South African--19th century--Biography, Feminists--South Africa--Biography, Social problems in literature, Colonies in literature.
publication date
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1989
lcc
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PR9369.2.S37Z588 1989eb
ddc
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823
subject
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Schreiner, Olive,--1855-1920, Women and literature--Africa, Southern--History--19th century, Authors, South African--19th century--Biography, Feminists--South Africa--Biography, Social problems in literature, Colonies in literature.
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The Healing Imagination of Olive Schreiner
Beyond South African Colonialism
Joyce Avrech Berkman
The University of Massachusetts Press Amherst
Page iv
Copyright 1989 by The University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 88-38518 ISBN 0-87023-676-8
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Berkman, Joyce Avrech. The healing imagination of Olive Schreiner : beyond South African colonialism / Joyce Avrech Berkman p. cm. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-87023-676-8 (alk. paper) 1. Schreiner, Olive, 18551920. 2. Authors, South African19th centuryBiography. 3. FeministsSouth AfricaBiography. 4. Social problems in literature. 5. Colonies in literature. I. Title. PR9369.2.s37z588 1989 823dc19 ([B]) 88-38518 CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available.
Page v
With joy I dedicate this book to my parents, Lillian and Ben my siblings, Gloria and Norman my sons, Jem and Zak and my husband, Lenny
Page vii
Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
3
1 "The dream of my life was to be a doctor" From Physician of the Body to Healer of the Body Politic
9
2 "The tiny drop" Freethinker and Mystic
43
3 "An ass masquerading ... in lion's skin" From the Folly of Social Darwinism to an Alternative Theory of Race, Gender, and Class
73
4 Axing "the upas-tree" Antidotes for Racist and Imperialist Poison
100
5 "The highest heaven" The Androgynous Vision
125
6 "Interknitted sympathy" Ethical Socialism
159
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7 "Love begets love and war begets hate and war" Flying the Olive Branch
177
8 "... flew the bees, the wild bees" The Aesthetics of Literary Miscegenation
195
Conclusion
231
Appendix A: Chronology
237
Appendix B: Family
240
Notes
241
Bibliography
297
Index
309
Illustrations follow page
124
Page ix
Acknowledgments
The road culminating in this book has been long, serpentine, and strewn in places with forbidding bramble. At various junctures I thought of turning back, beginning anew, or settling for a few articles. Midway along this trek I completed my monograph, Olive Schreiner: Feminism on the Frontier (Montreal: Eden Press, 1979). The preparation of this study both slaked and abetted my desire for further research and reflection upon Schreiner's life and work. Some of the individuals whom I acknowledged in this earlier book continued to play a key role in sustaining my resolve and in assisting me to complete the volume you now have in your hands. During the past decade, other people appeared who provided help at critical milestones. To all of these individuals I am deeply grateful, and I delight in the opportunity to salute them publicly.
The original manuscript for this book was roughly twice its current length. Despite its sprawling character it received rigorous scrutiny from a group of scholars whose shrewd, incisive advice and enthusiasm for it inspired me during the revising process. I am thankful for the generosity of Frank Turner. His affirmation of my thesis and major interpretations, his queries and thoughtful criticism, as well as his list of names of scholars who would be interested in my study, emboldened me at a time when I was feeling discouraged and uncertain about my manuscript's future. Deborah Epstein Nord's sensitive and subtle understanding of my work, evident in her critique of both my unrevised and my revised manuscripts, contributed decisively to its publication. Ann Scott, coauthor with Ruth First of a remarkable biography of Schreiner that presents interpretations of Schreiner at times markedly different from mine, did not hesitate to express her pleasure in my study and save me from some embarrassing errors. Similarly, Bernard Lightman and Dorothy O. Helly's wise and caring criticism of my manuscript pointed out some of its disturbing ambiguities and oversights. Sean Redding, Leonore Noll Hoffmann, and Susan Kent offered excellent suggestions and much support.
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