The efficacy of song itself : Seamus Heaney's defence of poetry

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dc.contributor.advisorWatson, Stephenen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRowan, Sarahen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-08T09:32:26Z
dc.date.available2014-10-08T09:32:26Z
dc.date.issued2009en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 204-224).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationRowan, S. (2009). <i>The efficacy of song itself : Seamus Heaney's defence of poetry</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8235en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRowan, Sarah. <i>"The efficacy of song itself : Seamus Heaney's defence of poetry."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8235en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRowan, S. 2009. The efficacy of song itself : Seamus Heaney's defence of poetry. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Rowan, Sarah AB - 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. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 T1 - The efficacy of song itself : Seamus Heaney's defence of poetry TI - The efficacy of song itself : Seamus Heaney's defence of poetry UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8235 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRowan S. The efficacy of song itself : Seamus Heaney's defence of poetry. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2009 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8235en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of English Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnglish Literatureen_ZA
dc.titleThe efficacy of song itself : Seamus Heaney's defence of poetryen_ZA
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