Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis works analyzes the impact and meaning of Allen Ginsberg's poem Kaddish. It is shown through biographical, textual and historical evidence that Kaddish is more than just a poem for and about Ginsberg's deceased mother. In the poem, Ginsberg's mother, Naomi, serves symbolically for all Jewish-American women and her fate embodies that of the Jewish people, and in fact, all of America. The structure and content of the poem are analyzed, as well as related work; including poems, correspondence and journals. A large portion of this material is unpublished information found in the archives of the Stanford University library. The first chapter serves as an introduction to explain the necessity of this interpretation, the second chapter provides biographical and historical evidence and the third chapter is a close reading of the poem.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts in English
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Masters
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- English
- Year
- 2000
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Carey, John M.
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- James Jones
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- © John M Carey
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/369
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:bearworks.missouristate.edu:theses-1370