Current perspectives on Olive Schreiner's From Man to Man or Perhaps Only —. (March 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nivesjö, Sanja; Barends, Heidi
• Other Names: Nivesjö Sanja guest-editor.; Barends Heidi guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of Commonwealth literature. Volume 56:Number 1(2021)
• Page Start: 44
• Page End: 60
• Publication Date: 2021-03
• Subjects: animal studies -- critical race studies -- ecocriticism -- From Man to Man -- gender -- Olive Schreiner -- South African literature; English literature -- Periodicals; Commonwealth literature (English) -- Periodicals; Littérature anglaise -- Périodiques; 820.05
• DOI: 10.1177/0021989418824360
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-9894

Abstract

This interview article engages Angelo Fick, Jade Munslow Ong, and Valerie Stevens in current perspectives on Olive Schreiner's novel From Man to Man, published in a new edition by Dorothy Driver and UCT Press in 2015. These interviews point towards a renewed interest in Schreiner and From Man to Man . They highlight how Schreiner scholarship is heading in fresh directions, as current thought on From Man to Man, and Driver's edition, spark interest in ecocriticism, animal studies, intersectionality, alternative takes on race, intimacy, and relations in her work, and the broader role of white writers in discussions of decolonization.