Attribute of poetry
By: Elisa Galgut
Publisher: Modjaji Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Cape Town, South Africa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781928215165; 9781928215028
Subjects: African poetry (English); African poetry; Poetry
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: The last light of evening; title: The beauty of the night; title: Eurydice and the TRC; title: The violin teacher's house; title: Expressive perception; title: Evening run in Lewes; title: The significance of significant form; title: On holiday in Riebeek Kasteel; title: The tyranny of the past; title: The illusion of memory; title: In memoriam; title: In memoriam ii; title: In the oncology ward at the Jo'burg General; title: The sweetpeas; title: She dreams of rain; title: Still life; title: Moore's paradox; title: Heaps; title: Humphrey Bogart's cigarette; title: My muse; title: Not a love poem; title: The accuracy of letters; title: The art of memory; title: Helen Martins; title: At the world's end; title: Stargazing; title: After the rain; title: Treblinka; title: The attribute of poetry.