Metaphors of the sea : a critical study of five Anglo-Saxon poems

The object of this thesis is to contribute to the appreciation of five selected Anglo-Saxon poems - The Wanderer, The Seafarer, Exodus, Andreas, and Beowulf - by analysing their metaphoric use of the sea. Metaphor is an essential and distinctive element of all poetry and, to be genuine, to be alive, and to be ever-interesting, a poem must achieve itself through metaphor. A poem's unique mode of vision is metaphoric, and whatever it communicates we perceive in and through metaphor. This is an axiomatic tenet of the criticism of modern poetry. But criticism of Anglo-Saxon poetry, if it bases its insights on a detailed reference to metaphor, must justify itself on theoretical grounds.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of English Language and Literature

Year dc:date.issued

1974

Author dc:creator

• Green, Brian Keith

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Van der Westhuizen, J E

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17684

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/17684