Hill of Fools: a South African Romeo and Juliet?

Wright, Laurence

Title: Hill of Fools: a South African Romeo and Juliet?
Creator: Wright, Laurence
Date Issued: 2004
Date: 2004
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: vital:7039
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007377
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC47866
Description: preprint
Description: What kind of debt does Hill of Fools owe to Shakespeare? Look up ‘Peteni’ in the Companion to South African English Literature (1986) and you will be told that Hill of Fools is “loosely based on the story of Romeo and Juliet” (155). Scan the first newspaper reviews (see “The Early Reception of Hill of Fools” in this volume) and it is noticeable that a great many journalists focus on the Shakespeare connection as a means of introducing the book to their readers. One of the publisher’s readers, Henry Chakava, urged before publication that once all references to tribe or tribalism had been excised “the result will be a Romeo and Juliet type story much more superior to Weep Not Child.” The author himself reportedly described the book as “a black Romeo and Juliet drama” (Tribune Reporter 1988). And, indeed, some kind of parallel is patent to anyone who reads Hill of Fools with Shakespeare’s play in mind.
Format: 13 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: English in Africa
Relation: Wright, L.S. (2004) Hill of Fools: a South African Romeo and Juliet? English in Africa, 31 (2). pp. 73-88
Relation: English in Africa volume 31 number 2 73 88 Oct 2004 type="issn">0376-8902
Rights: Wright, Laurence
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