Ars versus Ingenium in Colonial South Africa
I want to propose that in the colonial situation the colonising poet associates herself or himself with ars and the colonised poet with ingenium. I will spend most of my time on the Scots/South African colo nial poet Thomas Pringle (1789 – 1834); who will be contrasted with the twentieth century poets, Roy Campbell and Herbert Dhlomo. [ Professor Voss was unable to attend in person, so his paper was read in his absence by Ben Etherington ]
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Date Recorded: 13 Sep 2013Duration: 16:34
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