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