Wachten op de barbaren
Metageschiedenis in het werk van Peter Blum
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10836861 |
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| Authors | Siegfried Huigen (0000-0003-1877-121X, University of Wrocław, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-63 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tydskrif vir letterkunde (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-476X • E-ISSN: 2309-9070 |
| Publisher | Academy of Science of South Africa (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.4314/tvl.v50i1.4 |
| OpenAlex | W2168114740 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
This article explores metahistory in the poetry of Peter Blum. In many of Blum’s poems Western civilisation is confronted with theforces of barbarism, without civilisation necessarily being given preference over barbarism. By focussing on the metahistoricalaspects of Blum’s work, it is possible to illuminate the dialectical relationships between apparently disparate cultural domains inhis work—past and present, Europe and South Africa—which critics up till now have treated as self-contained entities. Fromthis angle, Blum appears to be a poet who was highly critical of white South African culture of the 1950s
Archaeology · Art · Barbarism · Civilization · Dialectic · Humanities · Literature · Poetry · Sociology · Theology · Western culture · Anthropology · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Literature, Politics, and Exile Studies · Philosophy · South African History and Culture
| Highly cited | No |
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