Poetry of South Africa - Selected Papers from Poetry `74

by anestos
(Pretoria SOUTH AFRICA)

The "Poetry '74" conference which formed part of the University of Cape Town's 1974 Summer School programme, brought into focus the many divisions in approach among English Poets in S.A..

There are 10 selected essays from the papers presented at conference that outline the situasion and provide essential background to the wealth of new work being published and which has led some to speak of a "renaissance" in South African literature. The text is supplemented by an extensive poetry bibliography, compiled by Cherry William.

Introduction: Peter Wilhelm Works etc. Ridley Beeton-The Emergence of a Poet: Roy Campbell, 1924-1930. Peter Wilhelm - The Single Dreamer: the African poetry of William Plomer. Geoffrey Haresnape - " A question of Black and White?" the contemporary situation in South African English poetry. Tim Couzens - Black Poetry in Africa.

Jack Cope - Satire in Contemporary South African English poetry. Guy Butler - On being present where you are: some observations on S.A. poetry, 1930-1960. Mike Kirkwood - The Colonizer: a crtique of the English South African culture theory. Christopher Hope - Poetry and Society. Douglas Livingstone "Africa within us". Selected Bibliography.