Date of Award

Spring 1997

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

English

Program/Concentration

English

Committee Director

Scott Cairns

Committee Member

Tim Seibles

Committee Member

Diana Altegoer

Call Number for Print

Special Collections; LD4331.E64 L58

Abstract

This collection of poems primarily features play of language, image, and voice. A postmodern juxtaposition of ancient figures and contemporary ideas, as well as a blurring of the line between autobiography and fiction, revises familiar stories. My goal is to seek what is surprising, daring-a strength of voice combining with a sometimes casual tone which hints towards deeper circumstances. Most specifically, my work exists within a fictional landscape which allows the creation of "a safe space." The gesture of the poem stops everything, commentates on what is suspended and the suspension itself.

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DOI

10.25777/vj7b-hr29

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