Mxolisi Nyezwa's Poetry of No Sure Place
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3624417 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom Penfold (University of Johannesburg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 504-529 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Dynamics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0253-3952 • E-ISSN: 1940-7874 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02533952.2016.1237974 |
| OpenAlex | W2556798062 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 12 |
A change in direction of the journal New Coin during the 1990s saw the emergence of a diverse group of poets who had previously struggled for publication. This article recognises this often overlooked collective and argues that they quickly established their own style of “Poetry of No Sure Place”, which expresses a malaise of sadness within South Africa that is popularly felt but rarely articulated. Focusing on three collections of poetry by Mxolisi Nyezwa, I show how this group’s work rests on a permanent – and possibly worsening – sense of imbalance. The article explores how Nyezwa attempts to reconcile a felt public and private need to write, struggles to find a source of connection and questions the permanence of social change in South Africa. Nyezwa epitomises the marginalisation, apprehension and uncertainty of New Coin’s Poetry of No Sure Place
Aesthetics · Apprehension · Art · Epistemology · Literature · Malaise · Poetry · Sadness · Sense of place · Social science · Sociology · African history and culture studies · History · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · South African History and Culture
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |