Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>MOUSE is a story told through poems, a narrative arc spanning the 30-some years of the speaker’s life, starting with his earliest memories of masculine representation, and progressing through his experiences with the various men in his life. The speaker in these poems is sensitive and thoughtful, introspective even as his attention is focused on the world around him. As he comes to know himself, his struggles with sexuality and relationships are manifested in the natural world. There is a depression, a longing for connection throughout these poems that threatens to crush the speaker. In the penultimate piece in the collection, there is a rumination on the seeming inevitability of suicide, followed by the titular poem, which explores the idea that perhaps one can find meaning in unexpected place. </p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Master's
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- English and Theatre
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Eastern Kentucky University
- Year
- 2019
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Breen, Joseph
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
-
- Copyright 2019 Joseph Breen
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/615
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:encompass.eku.edu:etd-1613