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Alan Stewart Paton | | Birth Date: |
January 11, 1903 | | Death Date: |
April 12, 1988 | | Place of Birth: |
Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa | | Place of Death: |
Durban, South Africa | | Nationality: |
South African | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
writer |
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 Biography of Alan Stewart Paton
978 words, approx. 3 pages
 Alan Stewart Paton (1903-1988) was a South African writer and liberal leader. His novel Cry, The Beloved Country won him world acclaim for the insights it gave on South Africa's race problem. Alan Stewart Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg in the Natal... summary from source:
 Biography of Alan (Stewart) Paton
10,281 words, approx. 34 pages
 Alan Paton was one of South Africa's best-known novelists, as well as a reputable poet, biographer, politician, prison reformer, and thinker. Following the publication of his first novel, Cry, the Beloved Country, in 1948, Paton quickly became South... summary from source:
 Biography of Alan Paton
2,851 words, approx. 10 pages
In a cathedral in Norway in 1946, Alan Paton sat looking at a rose window. "There was still enough light in the sky to see its magnificent design and colors," wrote Paton in Towards the Mountain, his autobiography. "I was in the grip of powerful... 
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 Alan Paton Quotes
125 words, approx. 1 pages
There is only one-way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's own life, to exemplify man's humanity to man. -Alan Paton. To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man. Who...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Alan Paton Information
965 words, approx. 3 pages
Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988) was a South African author and liberal political activist. He was born in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, the son of a minor civil servant. After attending Maritzburg College, he studied a Bachelor...
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 National Review Alan Paton, RIP. (obituary)
05/13/1988: 404 words, approx. 1 pages Alan Paton, RIP 'IN 1948 A BOOK was published with a bewildering title, by an unknown author, on a theme alien to American concerns. The book became the central cultural ducument of South Africa, where it sold more copies than any other... summary from source:
World Literature Today Alan Paton: A Biography. (book reviews)
03/22/1995: 520 words, approx. 2 pages If the greatest biographies of literary figures combine critical intelligence, graceful style, comprehensiveness, historical exactitude, and a deep awareness of the humanity of their subjects, then Peter F. Alexander has made a significant contribution to the art of biography, adding it to his...
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by J. B. Thompson
4,327 words, approx. 14 pages
Below, Thompson explains how Too Late the Phalarope manifests universality despite the contemporary relevance of the novel's historical aspects.
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Critical Essay by Myrtle Hooper
4,209 words, approx. 14 pages
In the following essay, Hooper investigates the function and effects of Stephanie's "silence" in Too Late the Phalarope.
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