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Author Galgut, Elisa, author.

Title Attribute of poetry / Elisa Galgut.

Publication Info. Cape Town, South Africa : Modjaji Books, 2015.

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Summary These deeply felt poems are at once plain-speaking and alive with complexity; Galgut's elegant response to both pain and loveliness is inspiring. Elisa Galgut teaches in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town. She has a PhD in Philosophy from Rutgers University and a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Cape Town. Her poetry has appeared in local literary journals and anthologies. She lives in Cape Town.
Contents The last light of evening -- The beauty of the night -- Eurydice and the TRC -- The violin teacher's house -- Expressive perception -- Evening run in Lewes -- The significance of significant form -- On holiday in Riebeek Kasteel -- The tyranny of the past -- The illusion of memory -- In memoriam -- In memoriam ii -- In the oncology ward at the Jo'burg General -- The sweetpeas -- She dreams of rain -- Still life -- Moore's paradox -- Heaps -- Humphrey Bogart's cigarette -- My muse -- Not a love poem -- The accuracy of letters -- The art of memory -- Helen Martins -- At the world's end -- Stargazing -- After the rain -- Treblinka -- The attribute of poetry.
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Subject African poetry (English)
African poetry (English)
African poetry.
African poetry.
South Africa -- Poetry.
South Africa.
Genre/Form Poetry.
Electronic books.
Poetry.
Other Form: Print version: Galgut, Elisa. Attribute of Poetry. : Modjaji Books, ©2015 9781928215165
ISBN 1928215165 (electronic book)
9781928215165 (electronic book)
1928215028
9781928215028