This book examines the relationship between empire, its representations in poetry, and the principal ways of ordering the world at certain key historical moments as figured in the work of three poets associated with Southern Africa: Luis Vaz de Camoes in the sixteenth century, Thomas Pringle in the nineteenth century, and Roy Campbell in the twentieth century. In its consideration of ways of 'ordering the world' the book draws on Michel Foucault's theory of epistemic periodisation. Positing the various consequences of such epistemic vision, yet connately dealing with the poets as specific individuals with their own predispositions, the book engages in analyses of selected passages from Camoes' epic Os Lusiadas, along with analyses of various poems by Pringle and Campbell.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Verlag Peter Lang
ISBN-13
9783039110230
eBay Product ID (ePID)
115967429
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ordering Empire: the Poetry of Camoes, Pringle and Campbell
Author
Nicholas Meihuizen
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Ancient Literature
Number of Pages
283 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
150mm
Item Width
220mm
Item Weight
420g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Nicholas Meihuizen
Country/Region of Manufacture
Switzerland
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