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Subsequent chapters deal with the imperial theme (much questioned at this time) in Boer War verse; the contributions of writers such as Newbolt, Hardy, Kipling, and AE Housman, as well as that of numerous soldier poets; the effect of the war on the literature of the Boers; Boer war poetry from the United States and the rest of the English-speaking world; and the literary results of the enormous pro-Boer movement in France, Germany and Holland: countries in which the Boer republics were seen as images of a rural simplicity and patriarchal integrity lost in Europe. The work is based on research completed over many years in libraries in South Africa, Britain, France, Germany and Holland, and constitutes an exercise in the comparative history of nineteenth-century English and European war poetry on a scale probably not attempted before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Malvern+van+Wyk+Smith\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eMalvern van Wyk Smith\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Malvern van Wyk Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47524225515683,"sku":"9780198120827","price":80.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780198120827_043e3576-e2bb-46d8-a367-d7452fe2f571.jpg?v=1776457733"},{"product_id":"9781919825588","title":"Mandela Dead and Alive 1976 - 2001","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese poems trace Nelson Mandela’s journey to freedom. The original French and Norman Strike’s sensitive English translations are printed on opposite pages, interspersed with ink drawings by Nja Madhaoui.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Edouard+J.+Maunick\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eEdouard J. Maunick\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eIllustrator\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Illustrator+Nja+Madhaoui\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eNja Madhaoui\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Edouard J. 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Each poem resonates with a distinct voice commenting on the poet's educational development and political awareness from the 1970s to present-day democratic South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Lebogang+Lance+Nawa\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eLebogang Lance Nawa\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+(Foreword+by+Es'kia+Mphahlele)\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003e(Foreword by Es'kia Mphahlele)\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lebogang Lance Nawa,(Foreword by Es'kia Mphahlele)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47524188225699,"sku":"9781869190927","price":20.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781869190927_b22685e2-543c-4b88-a3c5-fe5010e90c7c.jpg?v=1776605795"},{"product_id":"9781869191320","title":"Gone to the edges","description":"\u003cp\u003eA distinctive volume of poetry by a talented poet and highly acclaimed translator. Although the themes and ideas explored are mostly\u003cbr\u003epersonal, De Kock’s voice ensures a universal resonance in his poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Leon+De+Kock\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eLeon De Kock\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Leon De Kock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47524190388387,"sku":"9781869191320","price":30.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781869191320_fce73a25-92a0-465b-852e-716e819e287c.jpg?v=1776605983"},{"product_id":"9781869190958","title":"Shelley Cinema … and other poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collection of poems that showcases Stephen Gray’s output between 1999 and 2006. The lengthy title poem first appeared in the UK\u003cbr\u003ein Moving Worlds, and others have been gathered from avant-garde journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Stephen+Gray\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eStephen Gray\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Stephen Gray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47524192747683,"sku":"9781869190958","price":20.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781869190958_df84a49f-13fc-4f56-a461-bcc065bdff79.jpg?v=1776605811"},{"product_id":"9781869192051","title":"Lush","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this unique collection of poems, Kruger uses four female voices to express highly emotive concepts such as change, growth, rejection,\u003cbr\u003eacceptance and love. 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Following two award-winning Afrikaans collections, Nauds debut collection in English, Against the Light (2007), demonstrates learned intertexual references to classical literature, particularly the Roman poets Horace and Catullus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Charl-Pierre+Naud%C3%A9\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eCharl-Pierre Naudé\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Charl-Pierre Naudé","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47524621942947,"sku":"9781869191849","price":60.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781869191849_7f9d0bd5-69f5-4886-827f-5f57a2d89dc8.jpg?v=1776606196"},{"product_id":"9781869191696","title":"Invitation to a Voyage","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis anthology focuses on French-language poetry of the Indian Ocean African islands. 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