Metaphors of the sea : a critical study of five Anglo-Saxon poems

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dc.contributor.advisorVan der Westhuizen, J Een_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGreen, Brian Keithen_ZA
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dc.date.issued1974en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe object of this thesis is to contribute to the appreciation of five selected Anglo-Saxon poems - The Wanderer, The Seafarer, Exodus, Andreas, and Beowulf - by analysing their metaphoric use of the sea. Metaphor is an essential and distinctive element of all poetry and, to be genuine, to be alive, and to be ever-interesting, a poem must achieve itself through metaphor. A poem's unique mode of vision is metaphoric, and whatever it communicates we perceive in and through metaphor. This is an axiomatic tenet of the criticism of modern poetry. But criticism of Anglo-Saxon poetry, if it bases its insights on a detailed reference to metaphor, must justify itself on theoretical grounds.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGreen, B. K. (1974). <i>Metaphors of the sea : a critical study of five Anglo-Saxon poems</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17684en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGreen, Brian Keith. <i>"Metaphors of the sea : a critical study of five Anglo-Saxon poems."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1974. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17684en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGreen, B. 1974. Metaphors of the sea : a critical study of five Anglo-Saxon poems. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Green, Brian Keith AB - The object of this thesis is to contribute to the appreciation of five selected Anglo-Saxon poems - The Wanderer, The Seafarer, Exodus, Andreas, and Beowulf - by analysing their metaphoric use of the sea. Metaphor is an essential and distinctive element of all poetry and, to be genuine, to be alive, and to be ever-interesting, a poem must achieve itself through metaphor. A poem's unique mode of vision is metaphoric, and whatever it communicates we perceive in and through metaphor. This is an axiomatic tenet of the criticism of modern poetry. But criticism of Anglo-Saxon poetry, if it bases its insights on a detailed reference to metaphor, must justify itself on theoretical grounds. DA - 1974 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1974 T1 - Metaphors of the sea : a critical study of five Anglo-Saxon poems TI - Metaphors of the sea : a critical study of five Anglo-Saxon poems UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17684 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17684
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGreen BK. Metaphors of the sea : a critical study of five Anglo-Saxon poems. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1974 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17684en_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.otherSea in literatureen_ZA
dc.subject.otherEnglish poetry - Old English, ca. 450-1100en_ZA
dc.titleMetaphors of the sea : a critical study of five Anglo-Saxon poemsen_ZA
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