The poetry of Ruth Miller : the Word and her words

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dc.contributor.authorSalkinder, Mia Annaen_ZA
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dc.date.issued2002en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 65-66.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation analyses a selection of Ruth Miller's poetry collected in Floating Island (1965), Selected Poems (1968) and previously uncollected poems included in the posthumous collection, Ruth Miller: Poems, Prose, Plays (1990) edited by Lionel Abrahams. It extends and argues against the most recent readings of Ruth Miller proposed by Joan Metelerkamp (1991 and 1992). Metelerkamp suggests that previous criticisms of Miller, focusing exclusively on her modernist intent, ignore Miller's role as a woman living in a society dominated by patriarchal authority; an authority that is informed by the Judeo-Christian tradition. This dissertation extends Metelerkamp's observation, showing how the existential crisis that is made manifest in Miller's poetry is generated by both her compliance with and denial of this patriarchal Judeo-Christian meaning-making system. It also registers a changing development in Miller 's poetic trajectory from her earlier to her later poems. Metelerkamp's criticism of Miller's poetry has not recorded this development, allowing for the overall pronouncement that her poetry registers only loss and shows no conscious signs of negotiating the patriarchal system in which she is entrapped. In contrast, the conclusion of this dissertation points to elements in Miller's later poetry that suggest the development of Miller's voice as well as indicating Miller's recognition of her own compliance and desire to break with patriarchal authority.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSalkinder, M. A. (2002). <i>The poetry of Ruth Miller : the Word and her words</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13936en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSalkinder, Mia Anna. <i>"The poetry of Ruth Miller : the Word and her words."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13936en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSalkinder, M. 2002. The poetry of Ruth Miller : the Word and her words. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Salkinder, Mia Anna AB - This dissertation analyses a selection of Ruth Miller's poetry collected in Floating Island (1965), Selected Poems (1968) and previously uncollected poems included in the posthumous collection, Ruth Miller: Poems, Prose, Plays (1990) edited by Lionel Abrahams. It extends and argues against the most recent readings of Ruth Miller proposed by Joan Metelerkamp (1991 and 1992). Metelerkamp suggests that previous criticisms of Miller, focusing exclusively on her modernist intent, ignore Miller's role as a woman living in a society dominated by patriarchal authority; an authority that is informed by the Judeo-Christian tradition. This dissertation extends Metelerkamp's observation, showing how the existential crisis that is made manifest in Miller's poetry is generated by both her compliance with and denial of this patriarchal Judeo-Christian meaning-making system. It also registers a changing development in Miller 's poetic trajectory from her earlier to her later poems. Metelerkamp's criticism of Miller's poetry has not recorded this development, allowing for the overall pronouncement that her poetry registers only loss and shows no conscious signs of negotiating the patriarchal system in which she is entrapped. In contrast, the conclusion of this dissertation points to elements in Miller's later poetry that suggest the development of Miller's voice as well as indicating Miller's recognition of her own compliance and desire to break with patriarchal authority. DA - 2002 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2002 T1 - The poetry of Ruth Miller : the Word and her words TI - The poetry of Ruth Miller : the Word and her words UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13936 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSalkinder MA. The poetry of Ruth Miller : the Word and her words. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2002 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13936en_ZA
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dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of English Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnglish Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleThe poetry of Ruth Miller : the Word and her wordsen_ZA
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