The way of things

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dc.contributor.authorButler, Melissa Aen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-30T13:36:12Z
dc.date.available2014-09-30T13:36:12Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis manuscript 'the way of things' is a collection of poems that, regardless of subject matter, consistently gravitates towards an exploration of the poetics of space. In this regard, it bears a relation to the theoretical work done by Gaston Bachelard, but it also stands in relation to tradition in 20th Century poetry which deals with objects (usually of the most ordinary sort), the relation of human beings to such objects and the way such objects cast into relief certain aspects of the human condition. Whether the poems touch on a love affair, whether they describe a still life or whether they explore a metaphysical longing, their poetics is drawn from their attempt to define a space and its presence on human lives. Thus, the way of things takes its place in a long lineage of conceptual poetry and is an attempt to add to that lineage. And although the poems might appear to be primarily conceptual, this only reveals the extent to which concepts themselves can have deeply emotional and indeed lyrical implications.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationButler, M. A. (2010). <i>The way of things</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7764en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationButler, Melissa A. <i>"The way of things."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7764en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationButler, M. 2010. The way of things. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Butler, Melissa A AB - This manuscript 'the way of things' is a collection of poems that, regardless of subject matter, consistently gravitates towards an exploration of the poetics of space. In this regard, it bears a relation to the theoretical work done by Gaston Bachelard, but it also stands in relation to tradition in 20th Century poetry which deals with objects (usually of the most ordinary sort), the relation of human beings to such objects and the way such objects cast into relief certain aspects of the human condition. Whether the poems touch on a love affair, whether they describe a still life or whether they explore a metaphysical longing, their poetics is drawn from their attempt to define a space and its presence on human lives. Thus, the way of things takes its place in a long lineage of conceptual poetry and is an attempt to add to that lineage. And although the poems might appear to be primarily conceptual, this only reveals the extent to which concepts themselves can have deeply emotional and indeed lyrical implications. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - The way of things TI - The way of things UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7764 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/7764
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationButler MA. The way of things. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7764en_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.otherCreative Writingen_ZA
dc.titleThe way of thingsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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