Additional Resources for July's People by Nadine Gordimer

July's People For Further Study

Michael Atwell, South Africa. Background to the Crisis, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1986.

With a splendid glossary, maps, and some photos, Atwell gives a general history of South Africa beginning With Its exploration by whites from 1652.

Rosemarie Bodenheimer, "The Interregnum of Ownership in July's People," in The Later Fiction of Nadine Gordimer, edited by Bruce King, St Martin's, 1993, pp. 108-20.

Analyzes Gordimer's portrayal of the meaning and power of ownership, which for the characters defines political consciousness and identity.

Stephen Clingman, The Novels of Nadine Gordimer History from the Inside, University of Massachusetts Press, 1986.

In his thorough study of Gordimer's novels, Clingman addresses the political, economic, linguistic, and sexual revolutions in July's People and connects the work to the historical moment in which it was composed.

Joseph Conrad, The Heard of Darkness, Beckwood's, 1899. Conrad's novella is the parable of colonial empire....
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