Enlightened state versus millenarian vision: A comparison between two historical novels

Two millenarian events, one in Brazil (Canudos Rebellion, 1897) and the other in South Africa (Bulhoek Massacre, 1921) have inspired two works of narrative fiction: Mario Vargas Llosa's The War of the End of the World (1981) and Mike Nicol’s This Day and Age (1992). In both novels the events ar...

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Main Author: Z. Roelofse-Campbell
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 1997-04-01
Series:Literator
Online Access:https://literator.org.za/index.php/literator/article/view/531