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- Title
Thomas Pringle's "The Emigrant's Cabin" and the Invention of Settler Colonialism.
- Authors
Shum, Matthew
- Abstract
The article discusses the poem "The Emigrant's Cabin" by Thomas Pringle, with particular focus given to the consolidation of colonial frontier identity in the poem and the influence of Pringle's involvement with humanitarian causes. The poem's popularity in England at the time of its publication is discussed, and subsequent critical reactions are explored.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; EMIGRANT'S Cabin, The (Poem); PRINGLE, Thomas, 1789-1834; POETRY (Literary form); LITERARY criticism; SOUTH African poetry (English); COLONIES in literature; SOUTH African literature -- History &; criticism
- Publication
English in Africa, 2011, Vol 38, Issue 3, p35
- ISSN
0376-8902
- Publication type
Poetry Review
- DOI
10.4314/eia.v38i3.2