Notes and references
Introduction: text and contexts; Nadine Gordimer: life and works
Apartheid South Africa: history and culture
July's people: detailed discussion
Critical history: early reviews; the 1980s; the 1990s; July's people in the new millenium post-apartheid controversy
Critical readings: from The lying days to July's people: the novels of Nadine Gordimer / by Robert Green; July's people / by Judie Newman; July's people / by Stephen Clingman; July's people in context: apartheid's dystopias abroad / by Andrew van der Vlies; Postcolonial apocalypse and the crisis of representation in July's people / by Oliver Lovesey.