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Jackson College of Graduate Studies

Degrees of oblivion

Abstract

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These poems are chiefly concerned with self-awareness and the degree to which each poem's individual speaker is, either voluntarily or involuntarily, oblivious to his or her particular circumstance within the poem. This idea of self-awareness is explored by creating situations within the poems which force speakers to react to such themes as infidelity, mortality, loss, isolation, identity, obsession, suicide, and insanity. The poems in this collection are situated within the scope of poetry from the latter half of the 20th century to today, as a few of the poet's primary influences are Sylvia Plath, Sharon Olds, Steven Dunn, and Tony Hoagland.

Degree

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Grantor
Jackson College of Graduate Studies
Year dc:date.issued
2010

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Bradley, Miranda D.
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Givan, Christopher
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Dolph, James
  • Hollrah, Matt

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  • All rights reserved by the author, who has granted UCO Chambers Library the non-exclusive right to share this material in its online repositories. Contact UCO Chambers Library's Digital Initiatives Working Group at diwg@uco.edu for the permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of this material.

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(AlmaMMSId)9983011509202196

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Bradley, Miranda D.. Degrees of oblivion. Jackson College of Graduate Studies, 2010. https://hdl.handle.net/11244/324634