Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>This collection of poems draws largely upon language to construct unlikely images and scenes that evoke a sense of displacement. Although the poems may deviate stylistically, they maintain a lyric sensibility that takes its grounding from a Modern sensibility while also heavily influenced by language poetry. Many of the poems portray the influence of cultural and communicative mediums on everyday language and common speech. These poems also attempt to construct a sense of self, often times in the form of fracture and fragmentation, which can both complicate and frustrate the notion of a singular objective self that pre-exists language and the function of communication. Frequently this tension manifests itself in a sweeping and associative take on syntax and attempts to complicate the structure of written versus spoken language as it is influenced by everyday symbols and various cultural iterations.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- M.F.A.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Campus Access Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- English Language and Literatures
- Year
- 2012
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Mueller, Michael Zachary
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Kwame Dawes
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- © 2012, Michael Zachary Mueller
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/851
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarcommons.sc.edu:etd-1852