Poets and Politics
Speculation on Political Roles and Attitudes in West African Poetry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2594478 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Knipp, Thomas R Knipp (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39 |
| Publication date | 1975-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/523708 |
| OpenAlex | W2077089481 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
A literary scholar runs a certain risk when he ventures into the troubled waters of African politics. But a poet-whether it is Shakespeare carefully plotting his historical plays to conform to and support the Tudor position on the Wars of the Roses or Wordsworth confusing the atmosphere of the French Revolution with the air of heaven or Ginsberg howling with rage and existential despair at the sight of democracy betrayedmakes political statements. Sometimes these statements are only subtly and indirectly political; at other times they are specific and topical. In either case, they are part of the milieu in which a political culture flourishes. They are, in fact, part of the political culture itself
Art · Economics · Literature · Poetry · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Speculation · African history and culture analysis · Finance · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |