{"product_id":"die-afrikaanse-literatuur-1652-1987-kannemeyer-1988","title":"Die Afrikaanse Literatuur by J. C. Kannemeyer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDie Afrikaanse Literatuur (Standard First Edition Afrikaans Literary History)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Landmark One-Volume History of Afrikaans Literature from 1652 to 1987, by the Leading Authority J. C. Kannemeyer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Die Afrikaanse Literatuur: 1652-1987\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e J. C. Kannemeyer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Academica, Pretoria en Kaapstad\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1988\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780868743363\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0868743364\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Eerste uitgawe (First Edition), 1988.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover in cream printed pictorial boards with blue and black lettering; the Academica logo appears on the spine and back.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large octavo-sized hardcover, 494 pages. Illustrated with photographs of writers, manuscripts and other illustrations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Afrikaans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good (VG)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cream laminated pictorial boards with blue and black printing. The spine is clean and bright, with a faint mark at the top. A small dark speck sits at the top right corner of the front cover. Corners and edges appear generally sound.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The title page and copyright page are clean, with light toning only. No inscriptions, bookplates or stamps.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not Applicable (As Issued)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1988, Die Afrikaanse Literatuur 1652-1987 is J. C. Kannemeyer's one-volume history of Afrikaans writing, from the earliest years of the Cape settlement to the late twentieth century. It is a condensed and revised version of his earlier two-volume Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse literatuur, drawing on that work with new additions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book adds fresh material on writers active before 1970 and closes with a survey of recent writing from 1970 to 1987. It is illustrated with photographs of writers, manuscripts and other illustrations, which makes it as useful to browse as to consult.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor collectors of Afrikaans literature and Afrikaner cultural history, it is a standard reference. It was later revised and extended, but this 1988 first edition records the field as Kannemeyer understood it at the close of the apartheid era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: J. C. Kannemeyer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Christoffel Kannemeyer (1939-2011) was an authority on Afrikaans literature and a well-known biographer of Afrikaans writers. He became a lecturer in Afrikaans at the University of Cape Town in 1962 and later taught at RAU, Stellenbosch University and the University of the Witwatersrand, before joining the Human Sciences Research Council as a senior researcher in 1987.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBesides his two-volume history of Afrikaans literature, he wrote six extensive biographies of Afrikaans authors. His last book was a biography of J. M. Coetzee, completed shortly before his death. His honours include the Recht Malan-prys, the Helgaard Steyn-prys and the Gustav Preller-prys (1988).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKannemeyer Afrikaanse Literatuur 1988 · history of Afrikaans literature · Afrikaans literary history first edition · J. C. 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