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Periodical article Periodical article Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:The Use of the Sudan in Some English Novels
Author:Hadra, Tawheeda O.
Year:1972
Periodical:Sudan Notes and Records
Volume:53
Pages:67-78
Language:English
Geographic terms:Sudan
Great Britain
Subjects:images
literature
English language
Literature, Mass Media and the Press
Abstract:It is from the travel literature that the British developed their knowledge of the Sudan. Most of the impressions and reactions in this travel literature were projections of personal fantasies where the authors found their characters revealed in different surroundings. But nonetheless they were the starting points which presented the Sudan to other peoples and inspired many novelists - who had not necessarily visited the country - to use the subject of the Sudan in their novels, either directly or indirectly as a background to certain events. It appears that the material of the Sudan served the authors in question to carry out their themes and to shed light on the different customs, beliefs and ways of living of those people together with themes of contemporary importance which may be of interest to the reader. Examined are novels written by A.E.W. Mason, M. Fausset, E. Atiyah, L. Thompson, G. Griffith, D. Williams, J. Sawkins. Ref., notes.
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