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The efficacy of song itself : Seamus Heaney's defence of poetry
Includes abstract.
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Department of English Language and Literature
2014
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| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author | Rowan, Sarah |
| author2 | Watson, Stephen |
| author_browse | Rowan, Sarah Watson, Stephen |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| publishDate | 2014 |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8235 The efficacy of song itself : Seamus Heaney's defence of poetry Rowan, Sarah Watson, Stephen English Literature Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-224). The defence of poetry dates back, in English literature, to Sidney's 'An Apology for Poetry' (1595), and the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have seen an increasing number of writers advancing arguments in support of an art form that seems, more than ever, to be under threat. In this thesis, Seamus Heaney's essays on the purpose of poetry are considered as they constitute a defence of the art form. While Heaney's poetry and prose have, as a result of his popularity and standing as a poet, generated an almost unprecedented body of critical work, his defence of poetry has not been recognised as such, nor has it come under sufficient critical scrutiny. Essentially a defence of a defence, this thesis redresses that omission by examining Heaney's apology as it takes shape in his essays, and in its application to a selection of his own poems. 2014-10-08T09:32:26Z 2014-10-08T09:32:26Z 2009 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8235 eng application/pdf Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | English Literature Rowan, Sarah The efficacy of song itself : Seamus Heaney's defence of poetry |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | The efficacy of song itself : Seamus Heaney's defence of poetry |
| title_full | The efficacy of song itself : Seamus Heaney's defence of poetry |
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| title_short | The efficacy of song itself : Seamus Heaney's defence of poetry |
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| topic | English Literature |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8235 |
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