Mandela's Books and the Strong-Room of Dreams Reflecting on the Value of Literature
by Walder, Dennis
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About This Item
Buckingham: Open University Press,. Stapled with card covers. 27pp. Inaugural lecture given on 8th March 2001. Considers the importance of the literary experience drawing on his own childhood experience with Dickens' works in South Africa, and on the experiences of Mandela and other political prisoners for whom books represented, thought, freedom, action, inspiration and more. Clean and neat. Very good copy . Pamphlet. 2001.
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- Seller
- C L Hawley (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 6476
- Title
- Mandela's Books and the Strong-Room of Dreams Reflecting on the Value of Literature
- Author
- Walder, Dennis
- Format/Binding
- Pamphlet
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Open University Press,
- Place of Publication
- Buckingham
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Nelson Mandela,Apartheid,Reading,Charles Dickens,Politics,Prison,, African history,South Africa,Childhood memoir,Lectures
- Bookseller catalogs
- politics; African History & Literature; South Africa; apartheid; Charles Dickens;
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C L Hawley
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Skipton, North Yorkshire
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