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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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Abstract

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This thesis contains two parts. The first part is a craft essay focusing on Susan Howe’s The Nonconformist’s Memorial and her use of ambiguity under the lens of Michael Riffaterre’s Semiotics of Poetry. The second part is a collection of poems forming a narrative around two grievers and two grieved. Francis mourns the life of Jenny, a friend who went missing. Francis begs for Jenny’s safety, while Jenny shares impressions from the one long night that is her life. Emmett, a man who died early and suddenly in his life, argues for his death’s purpose, while his friend, Chris, wanders without purpose around the U.S. rebuking his dead friend’s spirit.

Degree

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Grantor dc:publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Year dc:date.available
2029

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Keef, Jude
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Wymer, Justin
  • Einstein, Sarah; Babine, Karen, 1978-
  • College of Arts and Sciences

Subjects

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Rights

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Language dc:language
English, eng

Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/1074
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-2255

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2026-07-24
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citation

Keef, Jude. All exits missing. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2029. https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/1074