Erica Lombard
Biographic Data
| ID | 6335019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erica Lombard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erica |
| FAMILY NAME | Lombard |
| SIGNATURE | LOMBARD E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5399-2312 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Apartheid and Armchair Nostalgia in America: Lisa Fugard’s "Skinner’s Drift" and Postapartheid Homecoming Novels in the Market
The period between the mid-1990s and the late 2000s saw the emergence of a highly conventional subgenre of South African literature in the international literary market: the novel of a white expatriate’s return to their childhood home to be at the bedside of a dying parent. Nostalgia’s operation is evident not only in the literary features of these books, but also in their presentation and reception in the market. This article adopts a book-histo…
Publishing, the Curriculum and Black British Writing Today
University was of course in the past the pre-eminent training ground for Britain's colonial officers, while the Faculty, one of the largest and oldest English departments in the world, remains in many ways the formative stable of what we understand to be the English literature canon. 2 Both structures were and are built on deeply embedded funds of traditional cultural capital.The reading groups and workshop we organised, based both in English and…
Through a Sheet of Glass: The Ethics of Reading in Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda
This article explores the epistemological implications of one of the most striking features in Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda ([1988]1997): its systematic frustration of the expectations of its readers. Through an examination of its use of narratorial deception and its skilful deployment of irony, the article argues that the novel prevents readers from occupying a detached position in relation to it and its themes. Particular attention is given …
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Through a Sheet of Glass: The Ethics of Reading in Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda
This article explores the epistemological implications of one of the most striking features in Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda ([1988]1997): its systematic frustration of the expectations of its readers. Through an examination of its use of narratorial deception and its skilful deployment of irony, the article argues that the novel prevents readers from occupying a detached position in relation to it and its themes. Particular attention is given …
Publishing, the Curriculum and Black British Writing Today
University was of course in the past the pre-eminent training ground for Britain's colonial officers, while the Faculty, one of the largest and oldest English departments in the world, remains in many ways the formative stable of what we understand to be the English literature canon. 2 Both structures were and are built on deeply embedded funds of traditional cultural capital.The reading groups and workshop we organised, based both in English and…
Apartheid and Armchair Nostalgia in America: Lisa Fugard’s "Skinner’s Drift" and Postapartheid Homecoming Novels in the Market
The period between the mid-1990s and the late 2000s saw the emergence of a highly conventional subgenre of South African literature in the international literary market: the novel of a white expatriate’s return to their childhood home to be at the bedside of a dying parent. Nostalgia’s operation is evident not only in the literary features of these books, but also in their presentation and reception in the market. This article adopts a book-histo…
Art (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · History (2 works) · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Black British (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Contemporary Literature and Criticism (1 works)