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Northern Michigan University

The Highlands

Abstract

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<p>The poems in this collection represent an exploration of different towns and counties in Illinois. With a strong sense of place, the narrative and lyric poems in The Highlands rely on a rotating cast of narrators based on the author's family to explore disordered relationships, landownership, inheritance, and immobility.</p> <p>The collection is divided into two parts, The Landowner’s Daughter and Dear Katharine. The poems in the first section have a stronger connection to the land, while the poems in the second half grapple with what it means to be disconnected from generational landownership.</p>

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Fine Arts
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
English
Year dc:date.available
2016

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Hansen, Amy Elisabeth
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Dr. Austin Hummell

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/96
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:commons.nmu.edu:theses-1082

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2026-07-24
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citation

Hansen, Amy Elisabeth. The Highlands. Thesis thesis, 2016. https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/96