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Mxolisi Nyezwa’s Poetry of No Sure Place.
- Source :
- Social Dynamics: A Journal of African Studies; Oct2016, Vol. 42 Issue 3, p504-529, 26p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- A change in direction of the journalNew Coinduring the 1990s saw the emergence of a diverse group of poets who had previously struggled for publication. This article recognises this often overlooked collective and argues that they quickly established their own style of “Poetry of No Sure Place”, which expresses a malaise of sadness within South Africa that is popularly felt but rarely articulated. Focusing on three collections of poetry by Mxolisi Nyezwa, I show how this group’s work rests on a permanent – and possibly worsening – sense of imbalance. The article explores how Nyezwa attempts to reconcile a felt public and private need to write, struggles to find a source of connection and questions the permanence of social change in South Africa. Nyezwa epitomises the marginalisation, apprehension and uncertainty ofNew Coin’s Poetry of No Sure Place. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- POETS
AUTHORS
POETRY (Literary form)
ANONYMOUS poets
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02533952
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Social Dynamics: A Journal of African Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 120453152
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02533952.2016.1237974